The Secret Language of Birds Book Review

The Secret Language of Birds

By: Lynne Kelly

Publish Date: April 9, 2024

Publisher: Random House Children’s, Delacorte Press

Children’s Fiction/Middle Grade

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Book Review:

I really enjoyed this book and gave it 4 stars. I read it in one day. Nina is the middle child of five children. She has an older sister and brother and a set of twins younger than her. She is feeling left out and lonely. She finds that she really enjoys the birds around her even has bird feeders in the backyard. Every summer she goes to different camps but seems to never fit in and they are just not for her. This summer she decides she wants to do something different and to go to her aunt’s summer camp. The aunt is an odd ball of the family, and her mom isn’t sure but let’s Nina go anyway with the understanding if she wants to come home early she can.

Once Nina gets to camp her aunt takes her to a special place and they bird watch for a while. Nina is enjoying herself until the campers start to arrive. She starts to feel uncomfortable and text her mom to come get her. Then one night they go and visit the old infirmary, which is off limits, but a tradition. They go at night, and the staff members don’t know. That night a strange noise happened and everyone left but Nina. Come to find out it wasn’t a ghost but a strange bird, one that Nina has never seen before.

As camp continues on she ends up making a lot of friends and eventually text’s her mom back that she would like to stay. She also discovers what the bird or birds are and is watching them for the wildlife people until they can get there to check on them themselves.

I learned quite a bit about these birds and how they are endangered. I also enjoy the friendship that Nina made. I like how she was able to get her family to understand what she really enjoys doing and they get behind in it.