Bird Nerd

This was a cute, heartfelt middle grade novel about a young Black birding nerd and her involvement in a birding competition. Good on audio narrated by Sisi Aisha Johnson and perfect for fans of books like Birds on the brain by Uma Krishnaswami.......more

I love a birder book and in this one she is very excited about the competition between schools. My favorite parts are the journal entries where she describes the birds. Some are bullies some sound like R2D2. That part is always fun. There is also the plot of friendships changing and new friendships......more

Fifth grader Nyla Braun is used to be considered a nerd by her classmates. She has interests that are different from most of theirs and is eager to answer her teacher's questions. She's pretty comfortable with this, but sometimes, just sometimes, she wishes that she was more popular or that the thin......more

What did you like about the book? Nyla Braun, a Philly girl in her last year of elementary school, knows about birds thanks to her grandfather. It pays off when her class joins the Spring Birding Tournament playing against a suburban class, the City Birders versus the Burb Birders. Not only is she in......more

Based on the cover, title, and description, I pegged this as a "quiet" middle grade book, and it is. But it also is a page-turner! I came to care so much about Nyla and her friends (and her maybe- or maybe-not friends) and her bird watching team, I couldn't put the book down. BIRD NERD has lots of fu......more