the thing with feathers by noah strycker

Eventually, the worst happens, and she must decide whether to withdraw to safety or follow a dead poet’s advice and “dwell in possibility.” From Golden Heart award-winning author McCall Hoyle comes The Thing with Feathers, a story of overcoming fears, forging new friendships, and finding a first love, perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Robyn Schneider, and Sharon M. Emilie lives in fear her recently adjusted meds will fail and she’ll seize at school. She hasn’t told anyone about her epilepsy. She should be ecstatic when Chatham shows interest, but she has a problem. To make matters worse, Emilie is paired with starting point guard Chatham York for a major research project on Emily Dickinson.

Then Emilie’s mom enrolls her in public school, and Emilie goes from studying at home in her pj’s to halls full of strangers. You’ve never read a book about birds like this one.Description: Emilie Day believes in playing it safe: she’s homeschooled, her best friend is her seizure dog, and she’s probably the only girl on the Outer Banks of North Carolina who can’t swim. With humor, style, and grace, he shows how our view of the world is often, and remarkably, through the experience of birds. The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, the lifelong loves of albatrosses, and other mysteries-revealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature.ĭrawing deep from personal experience, cutting-edge science, and colorful history, Noah Strycker spins captivating stories about the birds in our midst and shares the startlingly intimate coexistence of birds and humans. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself. An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world-and deep connection with humanity.īirds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood.

The thing with feathers by noah strycker