The Birds of Killingworth

Published: 2002
Language: English

Synopsis

When her father convinces their community to eliminate all the birds for eating their crops, young Almira teams up with the schoolmaster. Together, they strive to demonstrate the inherent beauty and vital usefulness of the birds to their skeptical colony.

How it reads

Whimsical Heartwarming

Coming of Age Found Family

Prose complexity 2/10

Genres

Juvenile Children's Books Fairy Tales

Characters

AlmiraProtagonist

A young girl who teams up with the schoolmaster to prove that birds are valuable and beautiful, opposing her father's plan to cull them.

Almira's fatherAntagonist

Squire CaseAntagonist

Almira's father, a farmer whose crops are repeatedly eaten by the local birds; he calls for their extermination and leads the community in that decision.

schoolmasterSupporting

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