Wild Bird

by Wendelin Van Draanen

When her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help.

• ISBN13: 9781101940457
• Publish Date: 5 September 2017
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 1 July 2021
• Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating: 4.5 Stars

I am so late to the Van Draanen party, but I am so glad I finally arrived. This is the third book I have read and loved by her, and it is because she is so good at crafting her characters and getting us inside their heads.

Wren's head was a tough place to be. She was so angry at the world, her family, herself. It takes quite a while, but when she finally reveals the depth of the damage she did to those who loved her, I was not surprised that they went for a last resort solution.

Wren't physical, mental, and emotional journey was tough, and Van Draanen does an incredible job immersing us in it. Maybe that was why the payoff was so big for me.

Overall: Another amazing Van Draanen book, which chronicled one young woman's journey back from despair to hope.