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‘Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul’—Emily Dickinson

This is a story about hope, kindness and redemption set in a grey dystopian world. When a great feather drifts from the leaden sky, two children recognise its extraordinariness and take it to the village for its protection. The villagers, however, want to encase it, upon which the feather loses its radiance. The children take it home and care for it through the night. In the morning it is again radiant, and when they set it free it leaves behind the first signs of blue sky and colour. The ambiguous ending invites multiple interpretations about the effects of selflessness and kindness.

The Feather

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    A Paperback / softback by Margaret Wild, Freya Blackwood

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      Publisher: Hardie Grant Children's Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/2020
      ISBN13: 9781760506353, 978-1760506353
      ISBN10: 1760506354

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ‘Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul’—Emily Dickinson

      This is a story about hope, kindness and redemption set in a grey dystopian world. When a great feather drifts from the leaden sky, two children recognise its extraordinariness and take it to the village for its protection. The villagers, however, want to encase it, upon which the feather loses its radiance. The children take it home and care for it through the night. In the morning it is again radiant, and when they set it free it leaves behind the first signs of blue sky and colour. The ambiguous ending invites multiple interpretations about the effects of selflessness and kindness.

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