Language: PG (3 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (COVID deaths - not graphic but talked about, fear, policies unfairly applied, foster parents sell teens medications, teens in prison)
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SOME
New York City is in lockdown because of the Corona Virus. Teens are trying to adjust to online learning, caring for elderly grandparents, being responsible for younger siblings because parents have left or died or are unavailable, coming out, and missing the social experiences in-person school provides. Some are continuing to live their regular lives in an irregular way.
A Greek chorus comments intermittently, and some characters re-occur.
An accurate and poignant snapshot of life during COVID. My experience was much different, and I feel for these children - many of them of color - who are growing up quickly and parenting themselves and their grown-ups. As we get further removed from the shared trauma of the pandemic, we will need books like A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe to teach, inform, and remember. Like the city of New York, the characters are a mix of cultures and races.
Lisa Librarian
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