Like Birds Come Winter

Tyler Maclean is a sensitive 13-year-old boy who can't escape the poverty and bullying in his trailer-park life.

To avoid the intolerant "real" world, he reads voraciously, writes exciting stories, and loses himself in the worlds of his imagination. But when a new girl with a heartbreaking secret shows up at his bus stop, everything starts to change.

Despite all that's stacked against them, together they both learn that friendship (and something-more-than-friendship) might just help them survive growing up.

A contemporary young adult, middle grade, coming-of-age story that shows the triumph of the human spirit and the power of believing in ourselves.