Winner of the 2018 Burr/Worzalla Award * A CCBC (Cooperative Childrens Book Center)Choices 2018 Pick * A Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2017A hilariously funny and poignant debut novel, perfect for fans of Jerry Spinelli, Kat Yeh, Gary D. Schmidt, and Rebecca Stead.When Lauren (but call him Ren, pretty please) Hall sees birds falling from the sky, he knows something is wrong. But just as hes starting to worry, he realizes that the birds are plummeting toward the ground on purpose. Turns out theyre Birmingham Roller Pigeons, and his new neighbor Sutton is training them for a competition.Sure, its strange, but Rens best and only friend Aiden has picked this summer to start hanging with the popular kids. So Ren starts training pigeons with Suttonwhats the worst that could happen A bird falls on his headYoull have to read Roll to find out.

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 8 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Darcy Miller is the author of Margot and Mateo Save the World and Roll. She lives in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, with her two children and librarian husband. Their cat, Jeffreys, deserves his own sentence. Their kitten, Stompy, does not. You can visit Darcy online at www. darcyamiller. com.