Bird

    This book is from three points of view. The first is from a conflicted girl named Bird. The second is from an innocent boy named Ethan, and the third is from a nostalgic boy named Jay. Each of them have their own share of problems but their lives seemed to constantly intertwine with each other other.


    Bird is on a mission. She left her home, her mother, her friends, her life. She left all these necessities to seek her step dad and bring him back home. As she hides in the shed of a "perfect" family. She realizes that Cecile her step father has another life. She wishes very much to be part of that family. Why do we become so emotional when people leave us? I think its because we have so many memories and experiences with them that its pretty hard not to become so emotional. When that person leaves each and every memory defines and magnifies itself to such a level of importance that its hard to let go. Bird just can't make herself let go of Cecile till the very end of the book. She realized that there was no point in trying to hold on to somebody who doesn't even have the heart to say goodbye before he leaves.


    Ethan has the perfect family. They do everything together, go to church, have meals together, and they all love each other. Ethan also had a heart transplant. There are two things Ethan just can't seem to cop with. Why his uncle Cecile comes and goes without saying anything any why there's a girl hiding in his shed. When he meets the girl they just seem to connect and instantly become friends. I think friendship plays such an important role in this book. You are just so alone without it. Although Ethan knows that Bird should go back to her home he still keeps her hiding a secret and brings her food. Why do we even keep secrets? Its not even something you should keep to hold against someone, its more a privilege. Secrets or knowing them actually are a privilege. You keep them to show someone you can be trusted. What is trust really? Its when you can believe in someone, its one you get the feeling of safety, its when you can be sure that a piece of you is safe with someone. So what is safety? Its when you feel protected from the overwhelming dangers hidden around you. Its like a force field. You feel safe when you trust someone or maybe you trust someone because you feel safe with them.


    Jay is very alone. His best friend is in juvie  and his brother died from a brain aneurysm. It should be mentioned that Jay's brother heart is the same is the same that is keeping Ethan alive. There isn't a day that goes by where Jay doesn't think about Derek. He doesn't even allow his mother to clean Derek's side of the room. I really can't understand how the death of someone you loved makes you feel. Does it feel like a dream? Is believing the death of someone feel like a dream or a nightmare? Maybe the dream part is when you can remember everything. When you can remember all the good times. And then the nightmare part, is when the realization hits you. The realization that that person is just gone. You'll never see them or hear them again. How do you resist the urge to just tear everything apart because you know you can't that person with you forever. Eventually Jay learned to cop with his loss. But many people aren't like Jay.


   So all three of their lives intertwine. Bird lives in Ethan's shed. Ethan has Jay's brothers heart. Jay is inspired by Bird. Bird understands Jay. Ethan keeps Bird a secret. Real friendship is built up from problems and trust. With every problem that requires trust comes a friend.