Homeless Bird Book Review

Homeless Bird

By: Gloria Whelan

*** Two stars out of Five

Review By: Silvia C.

Homeless Bird, by Gloria Whelan, was an inspiring and intense book about tragedy and romance. This book was inspiring because the young girl went through so much in the book. In the book, many people were very rude to the young girl.

The book is about a young girl named Koly who gets an arranged marriage to a boy, named Hari, who is very sick. The family takes the sick boy to a town named called Vrendaven. Koly makes good friends with the boy’s sister, Chandra. Koly’s life then changes dramatically. Her own mother in-law abandons her in a train station. Then Koly meets many people that help her get a home and a job. She knows as a widow, she might not get a job or another husband. She also figures out why her mother in-law left her at the train station. Her new life in her new home is much different. She gets treated with respect and care. She meets a boy named Raji who has a “strong” connection with her.

I give this book two stars because I didn’t like it that much. I really liked the writing style but, the book was a little to predicable for me. Also, it was boring for me. Usually in books, there’s a jump. It starts out boring then it gets better and better and you can’t put the book down. But with this book, it didn’t happen for me. I think the author could have made the book more interesting. I liked the story plot, it sounded good. I liked how the author made Koly’s life much different. It made the book sort of interesting. I also liked the characters. They all had different personalities and they were all different in many ways. Some were nice some were mean. Some were poor, some were rich. Some gave Koly hope, and others didn’t. Some characters I didn’t like were Koly’s mother in law, Sass, is what Koly called her. She was mean and she worked Koly too hard. She also acted like Koly was a disappointment.

I would recommend this book to thirteen and up ages. This book was a bit hard with all the difficult words, but I’m sure thirteen year olds would understand the hard vocabulary. I would also recommend this book to all genders because I think boys and girls should know about arranged marriages and how different there culture is from ours. That is also why I recommend this book.

All in all, this book was okay. I think everyone should try reading it. I think it really sends a message to everyone about being careful in life. Everyone should learn that message while reading this book. If you like books about marriages and intense lifestyles, then this is the book for you!