Adrienne Kisner – författare

Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has a singular, all-consuming ambition in this life: become the most renown nature photographer and birder in the world. The first step to birding domination is to win the junior nature photographer contest run by prominent Fauna magazine. Winning runs in her blood - her beloved activist and nature-loving grandmother placed when she was a girl.One day Gran drags Laurel out on a birding expedition where the pair hear a mysterious call that even Gran can’t identify. The pair vow to find out what it is together, but soon after, Gran is involved in a horrible car accident.Now that Gran is in a coma, so much of Laurel's world is rocked. Her gran's house is being sold, developers are coming in to destroy the nature sanctuary she treasures, and she still can't seem to identify the mystery bird.Laurel’s confusion isn’t just a group of warblers - it’s about what means the most to her, and what she’s willing to do to fight to save it. Maybe - just maybe if she can find the mystery bird, it will save her gran, the conservatory land, and herself.

Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has one all-consuming ambition in life: become the most renowned nature photographer and birder in the world. She just has to win the junior nature photographer contest run by prominent Fauna magazine, just as her beloved activist and nature-loving grandmother did when she was a girl. When Gran drags Laurel out on a birding expedition, the pair hear a mysterious call. They vow to find out what it is, but Gran is involved in a horrible car accident. With Gran in a coma, Laurel's world is rocked. Her gran's house is being sold, developers plan to destroy the nature sanctuary she treasures, and she still can't identify the mystery bird. Laurel’s confusion isn’t just a group of warblers - it’s about what means the most to her, and what she’s willing to do to fight to save it.

Brynn Harper’s life has one steadying force - Rachel Maddow. She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project, Brynn drafts emails to Rachel but never sends them. Brynn tells Rachel about breaking up with her first girlfriend, about her brother Nick’s death, her passive mother and even worse stepfather, about how she’s stuck in remedial courses at school and is considering dropping out.Then Brynn is confronted with a moral dilemma. One student representative will have a voice among administration in the selection of a school superintendent. Brynn’s nemesis John believes only honors students are worthy of the committee seat. Brynn feels all students deserve a voice. She asks herself: What would Rachel Maddow do?