Scarlet Ibis

By Gill Lewis, Susan Meyer (Illustrator)

Separated by foster care, a girl follows a bird to reunite with her brother.

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288 pages· 38,667 words· Est. 4.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Scarlet's world shatters when a fire separates her from her autistic brother, Red. Navigating foster care, she clings to hope and a mysterious bird, determined to reunite with him. As she faces new challenges and opportunities, Scarlet must decide how far she'll go to bring her family back together. Will her quest for Red jeopardize her future, or will it lead to a new beginning?

From the publisher

Twelve-year-old Scarlet doesn’t have an easy life. She’s never known her dad, her mom suffers from depression, and her younger brother Red has Asperger’s and relies heavily on her to make the world a safe place for him. Scarlet does this by indulging Red’s passion for birds, telling him stories about the day they’ll go to Trinidad and see all the wonderful birds there (especially his beloved Scarlet Ibis), saving her money to take him to the zoo, helping him collect bird feathers, and even caring for a baby pigeon who is nesting outside his window.But things with her mom are getting harder, and after a dangerous accident, Scarlet and Red are taken into foster care and separated. As Scarlet struggles to cope with the sudden changes in her life and her complex feelings towards her mom, the one thing she won’t give up on is finding Red. Nothing is going to get in her way—even if it might destroy the new possibilities offered to her by her foster family.

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