The Silent Spillbills Author:Tor Seidler Katerina has a problem with Ss. A s-stuttering problem. And now that shes in seventh grade, at a new school, shes become self-conscious about it -- so self-conscious she hardly speaks to her classmates. Which confirms their opinion that shes stuck-up. For Katerinas last name is Farnsworth, and in this part of Connecticut, Farnsworth means Farnsw... more »orth Aeronautics, the major aircraft manufacturer, founded by her grandfather.But if school life is miserable for Katerina, her after-school life is the opposite -- at least on the days when she gets to go bird-watching with her father. Heaven, for her, is sitting with him in a rowboat in the wetlands off Farnsworth Bay, catching glimpses of the indigenous shorebirds. Their particular favorite is one that isnt in any of the bird books. In fact, Katerina names the species herself: s-silent s-spillbill. But these small birds, with their drab brown feathers and remarkable aerial acrobatics, aren't everyones taste. When they're implicated in the crash of a Farnsworth jet, prototype, Katerina's daunting grandfather develops a distinct grudge against them. And when they're implicated in a second crash, his animosity hardens into a desire to destroy them.By turns dramatic and funny, The Silent Spillbills is the story of these odd little birds and the girl who learns, while solving their problems, to solve her own.« less
ISBN-13: 9780062051806 ISBN-10: 0062051806 Publication Date: 11/30/1998 Pages:224 Edition:1st ed Reading Level: Young Adult Rating: