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The Cry of the Crow

by Jean Craighead George · 1980

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A gun blast wakes Mandy one morning. Someone in her family is shooting crows again. To Mandy's father and older brothers, crows are pests that have to be kept away from the farm's valuable strawberry crop. Even her younger brother, Drummer, can't wait until he's old enough to learn to shoot. So when Mandy finds the helpless baby crow in the woods, she feeds and tames her in secret.

Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisbirdsbirdsMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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