Starbird Murphy and the World Outside
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In her sixteen years of life, Starbird has never touched a dollar bill. She’s never been in a car. She’s never used a cell phone.
That’s because Starbird has always lived on the Free Family Farm, a commune in the woods of Washington State.
But all that is about to change. When Starbird gets her “Calling” to be a waitress at the Free Family’s restaurant in Seattle, she decides to leave behind the only home she’s ever known.
Nothing could have prepared Starbird for the World Outside, or for what it would teach her about the Family—and herself.
From the author of The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door comes this hilarious and poignant story about finding your true calling in life.
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Sixteen-year-old Starbird has grown up on a farm commune, living among the Free Family, a peaceful, free-loving community whose absentee founder, a man named EARTH, "translates" messages from the Cosmic Imagination for his devoted flock. Each member receives a "Calling," and although Starbird doesn't initially think much of hers waiting tables at the Free Family Cafe in Seattle after a perceived romantic betrayal, she leaves behind everything she's known for the Outside World. Many unfamiliar experiences await her, including attending public high school, handling money, and finding romance with an "Outsider," even as complicated questions arise about EARTH and the Free Family, challenging its future and testing Starbird's faith. Finneyfrock's (The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door) background as a poet is evident, and she makes Starbird's perceptions come alive, whether it's the smells and sounds of the farm or the high school morning rush ("I felt like part of a strange school of fish, all darting into the massive building and down the halls in flashes of dazzling color"). Readers will feel like they're experiencing every step of Starbird's eye-opening journey firsthand. Ages 12 up.
