Naked Orphan
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The Naked Orphan is a story about nature and family. True events and imagination combine to tell the story of a baby bird blown out of its nest just three days after hatching. The bird is rescued and cared for by thirteen-year-old, Emma Grace, who is visiting her grandparents on their small farm 30 miles east of Nashville, Tennessee. The baby bird can neither see nor peep. It has no feathers. Its a naked orphan. Emma names the baby bird Puccini, in honor of a famous Italian opera composer. Emma has only three weeks to raise the bird before she goes home. A local veterinarian tells her how to save Puccini. He believes the orphan is a Northern Cardinal. She reads books about Cardinal behavior, and learns that the male Cardinal is the only bird that adopts baby birds and shows them how to care for themselves. Days before Emma must go home, the baby is adopted by a male Cardinal. When Puccini leaves his adopted father, he unknowingly becomes a catalyst that affects the lives of several people.Sam and his friend Mike are high school Juniors looking forward to a summer cross-country bicycle trip to Nashville with their soccer coach. However, the coach breaks a leg which ends their adventure. Sams parents wont let him travel without adult supervision. Depressed and angry, Sam seeks peace in a small forest. Laying against a tree, Sam watches a beetle making its way on the forest floor. As he ponders the life and freedom of a beetle, but then Puccini swoops down and snatches the bug. Sam is shocked by this, but it illustrates to him the dangers of two young people traveling alone.Mr. Ulrich is a mean and grouchy old man, but he loves to feed the song birds. Next door lives Carrie with her parents and Lily the cat. Puccinis first nesting was on Mr. Ulrichs property, and Mr. Ulrich spends time mostly chasing Lily from his yard. Carrie and her friends fear the wrath of Mr. Ulrich. But Carrie is surprised to learn that he and his wife used to be good fr
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