Big Pine Library Book Club

The Big Pine Book Lovers Book Club invites you to their next monthly meeting on Saturday, May 18th to discuss The Yellow Bird Sings, by Jennifer Rosner.

As Nazi soldiers round up the Jews in their town, Róza flees with her 5-year-old daughter, Shira. Hidden in the hayloft day and night, Shira struggles to stay still and quiet, as music pulses through her and the farmyard outside beckons. Róza tells her a story about a girl in an enchanted garden: The girl is forbidden from making a sound, so the yellow bird sings. He sings whatever the girl composes in her head: high-pitched trills of piccolo; low-throated growls of contrabassoon. Music helps the flowers bloom. In this make-believe world, Róza can shield Shira from the horrors that surround them. But the day comes when their haven is no longer safe, and Róza must make an impossible choice: whether to keep Shira by her side or give her the chance to survive apart.

All are welcome to attend the discussion. For more information please contact BPKLibraryfriends@gmail.com