Linda Oatman High As Far as Birds Can Fly

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First there was Bird. Then there was Bird-Bird. And now, Third Bird.Magnolia's daddy won the beloved cockatiel Third Bird at a carnival, just before hedied in a car accident. Magnolia promised to always take good care of Third Bird . . . butthen she loses him, when she accidentally allows the bird to fl y from his cage at her mama'sbeauty salon.Magnolia's grief, for her father and for her lost bird, opens up a whole new world offriends as they search not only for Third Bird, but for acceptance and healing for all. Helpingher mama to see that physical beauty is not important (even in a family that comes from "along line of beauty queens"), Magnolia becomes the star of her small Southern town asshe finds hope and light in the healing of her grief and learns that sometimes when you golooking for one thing, you find what you really need.