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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
22nd May, 2023 02:21:26 PM
Henry Reed's Journey?
- I saw it on the menu and thought I'd try it. I didn't think it would actually be made from a bird's nest any more than Welsh rabbit is made from a rabbit.
A boy is forced on a road trip with his family—two parents, brother, and sister—and he has various awkward experiences like trying Chinese food for the first time, assuming bird's nest soup is just a name but learning it's actually made with a bird's nest, and taking part in a Native American dance where they trick him and his brother into dying their skin to look Native and then it doesn't come off, and a long search for fireworks when the sale of them is highly restricted, ending with a whole bunch of them accidentally being set off at once.
I had this book as a kid but gave it to Goodwill and feel nostalgic for it but have no idea how to find it. I think the name sounded similar to the Bruce Coville book Jennifer Murdley's Toad? Jonathan Something's Bike, maybe? Jonathan Something's Fireworks? Maybe I've just got my wires crossed.