When I woke up, I started writing a story about them to express the importance of peace and freedom. One night, I had a dream about cardinals and blue jays fighting, and of a huge white magical bird. In school, I was learning about the American Revolution and terrorist attacks. I looked for birds in my back yard or in the woods and on nature trails. I tried to learn as much as I could about them and their habits, appearance, song, and habitat. How did you get that topic? - Paige, Billings, Mont.ĭear Paige: I love birds. Read her responses:ĭear Nancy: I really like your book. In her answers, she discusses her inspiration for “Swordbird,” her favorite books, taking martial arts lessons to research her book, and her next novel, “Sword Quest,” a prequel to her first one. To overcome Turnatt, the blue jays and cardinals summon the Swordbird, the “mystical white bird, the son of the Great Spirit.” TODAY asked readers to write in questions for Nancy. “Swordbird” pits a tyrannical hawk called Turnatt, who captures “slavebirds” to build his fortress, against the cardinals and blue jays. Born in China in 1993, she moved with her parents to the U.S. Our third book for Al’s Book Club for Kids is “Swordbird,” which was written by Nancy Yi Fan when she was 12 years old.
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