cover image BIRD BOY

BIRD BOY

Elizabeth Starr Hill, , illus. by Lesley Liu. . FSG/Sunburst, $5.95 (56pp) ISBN 978-0-374-40659-2

"This affecting slice-of-life story" set in Southern China features a mute boy who's family raises cormorants that catch fish for them to sell. "The pace and flow is as rhythmic as the river where he makes his home," wrote PW . Ages 7-10. (Sept.)