An ideal read for those looking for a nuanced look at the difficulties of growing up and breaking free from a world that has been so instrumental in shaping one's identity." - Foreword Reviews " Snowbirds is a thoughtful young-adult novel about friendship, rebellion, and the consequences of all the little choices we make. This novel will.find readers." - Kirkus Reviews The story is competently told, in plain, straightforward prose-befitting the subject matter and narrator Lucy's character. "The disappearance of her friend will send a Mennonite girl on a journey of discovery. Now, Lucy plunges into a search for her best friend-while also hiding her own secret, which could put her in even more danger.
Wracked by guilt, Lucy knows that she should have been watching out for Alice, but instead, she was kissing Faron, an Older Order boy shunned by his society. Then, one night after just such a party, Alice vanishes. Lucy is part of a different sect, in which teens aren't allowed such bold experimentation, and she's fighting to keep up as Alice races from one wild party to the next. At sixteen, Alice is in the middle of "Rumspringa," a season in which Amish teens try out forbidden temptations, in order to get them out of their system. Lucy will grab your heart and run away with it." - Robin MacCready, winner of the Edgar award for BuriedĮvery year, Lucy waits eagerly for the arrival of the "snowbirds," the Old Order Amish who come trundling into Florida on buses from the north, bringing Lucy's best friend Alice, with whom she's spent every winter she can remember. Now, Lucy plunges into a search for her best friend-while also hiding her own secret, which could put her in even more danger." Snowbirds will turn your image of the Amish upside down.
" Snowbirds will turn your image of the Amish upside down.
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