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Bird Nerd
Jennifer Ann Richter
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 978-0-8234-5656-7
Keywords: Family/School/Community-Competition, birding, friendships, grandfather, Virginia wetlands, feeders, drawing, hair styling, city, suburbs, field guides
Nyla, a Black girl, must win a fifth grade birding competition with a suburban school and alienates her best friend in her struggle for acceptance. Multiple descriptions of birds and their calls and songs.