The Amazing Life of Birds (The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech) was published in 2006 and written by Gary Paulsen. This book is a twenty day journal of a boy in intermediate school whose name is Duane Homer Leech. During those twenty days he journaled, Duane compared his days of puberty with that of a young bird born on the ledge of his window. During those twenty days, Duane's voice began to crack, he saw the roster on the cereal box turn into an elbow, he spilled cafeteria food on the girl he really likes, he knocks over the bookshelves in the library, and it was believed he started a ringworm epidemic at his school. If it something could go wrong, it would go wrong for Duane Homer Leech. Fortunately, like the young bird, Duane will jump out of the nest of puberty and into young adulthood.
MY TWO CENTS WORTH:
I am not a fan of journal type literature and this was no acception. Although I really enjoy Gary Paulsen as an author, this book didn't grab me like many of his other books. I'm not sure what it was. My lack of interest or enthusiam could have been due to the topic of puberty or the journal-type writing. This book was not a hit with me. However, it is one I will keep on my book shelf because Gary Paulsen, in my opinon, is a remarkable author for young readers.
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