SWORDBIRD
Can you imagine being 13 years old and having a book published? If you want to know what it would feel like ask 13 year old Nancy Yi Fan. Nancy moved from China to U.S. when she was 7. She just published a novel, Swordbird. Nancy’s motivation for writing Swordbird is her passion for birds. Also, Nancy was trying to cope with her feelings about September 11 th (9/11) while writing the book. Nancy also wrote Swordbird as a way to convey her message of peace to the world.
Swordbird is about Blue Jays and cardinals of Can-Run forest. They are basically at war over supplies, food and even eggs. They are not fighting over who has more. They are fighting because they think each ‘clan’ is stealing those things. But the person who is really stealing from them is Turnatt. Find out who he is in the prologue of the book. The book is also about heroism, courage, and resourcefulness. You may wonder who in the world is Swordbird. Swordbird is a legendary bird. He is son of the Great Spirit.
You may wonder who would want to read Swordbird. Well people who think heroism, courage, and resourcefulness are good themes would like Swordbird. Swordbird is about birds, so people who like birds would like to read this book. Plus, if you think a 13 year old author would be interesting, you would like Swordbird as well. I read a little bit of swordbird and I did not want to stop it was so captivating.