Bitty is a canary whose courage more than makes up for his diminutive size. Of course, as a bird who detects deadly gas leaks in a West Virginia coal mine during the Depression, he is used to facing danger. Tired of unsafe working conditions, he escapes and hops a coal train to the state capital to seek help in improving the plights of miners and their canaries. While there, Bitty manages to bring together two men: a state senator and the inventor of a machine that can replace canaries. But Bitty's return to Coal Hallow coincides with a shattering mining accident that affects humans and canaries alike. In the tradition of E.B. White and George Sheldon, Madelyn Rosenberg has written and extraordinary vel starring unforgettable animals in an incredibly imaginative society
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Holiday House
ISBN-10
0823426009
ISBN-13
9780823426003
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184200688
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Format
Unsewn / Adhesive Bound,PAPER over Boards,With Dust Jacket, Hardback