Product Description
Birdie
Author: J P Rose
Format: Paperback
Recommended for ages 9+
Birdie Bagshaw has never known her parents. Having grown up in a children's home for mixed race children in 1950s Leeds, she is sent to live with her great-aunt in the Yorkshire Dales, where the local children treat her as an outsider.
When their bullying drives her to hide in a nearby coal mine, she finds an unexpected rescuer in Mr Duke, the village's last remaining pit pony, and the two form a special bond. But when the pony's future is threatened, Birdie devises a daring plan to save his life.
A moving story of hope and courage that explores family, racism and identity.
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