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    The Girl Who Talked to Birds
    The Girl Who Talked to Birds
    The Girl Who Talked to Birds
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    The Girl Who Talked to Birds

    By Kristen S. Walker

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    A young girl’s already isolated existence is worsened by the emergence of strange abilities.

    Twelve-year-old Kyra would rather be around animals than talk to the girls at her school. There aren’t many animals in the floating city, so she’s only seen llamas, jaguars, and horses in her books. But there are plenty of birds and she never feels lonely around them.

    One day she speaks to a bird—and it answers her! Now she can finally make friends who understand her. But when a huge flock of birds tries to follow her into school, everyone panics. Can Kyra figure out what’s going on and stop her new bird friends before someone gets hurt?

    The Girl Who Talked to Birds is a fairy tale-style story about a side character from the Divine Warriors, a steampunk fantasy series for teens. It takes place before the main books so it can be read as a standalone.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKristen S. Walker
    Release dateMay 13, 2020
    ISBN9780463217573
    The Girl Who Talked to Birds
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    Kristen S. Walker

    Fantasy author Kristen S. Walker dreams of being a pirate mermaid who can talk to sharks, but she settles for writing stories for teens and adults. She's proudly bisexual, Wiccan, a liberal feminist, and lives in northern California with her family and two rescued pets. To find out more about her stories, please visit kristenwalker.net.

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      The Girl Who Talked to Birds - Kristen S. Walker

      The Girl Who Talked to Birds

      The Girl Who Talked to Birds

      A Divine Warriors Story

      Kristen S. Walker

      Kristen S. Walker

      Copyright © 2018 by Kristen S. Walker

      Cover Design: MiblArt https://miblart.com/

      Originally published within Tales of Ever After: A Fellowship of Fantasy Anthology

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      © Kristen S. Walker and kristenwalker.net

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      The Girl Who Talked to Birds

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      The Girl Who Talked to Birds

      Kyra hugged her books to her chest and kept her head down. All she had to do was make it outside.

      A group of students hung around the main door of Olaya Secondary School, mostly girls Kyra’s age. She tried to avoid making eye contact and walked faster, but one, a tall girl named Upasi, caught sight of her and stepped in her way.

      Here comes the freak, Upasi said with a sneer. She snagged the binoculars hanging around Kyra’s neck. Where are you going spying today, freak?

      Kyra clutched at the neck strap. Please be careful with those, they’re not mine.

      Another girl sauntered up and folded her arms—Poqa, who was Kyra’s roommate. She asked you a question, Miss Smarty-pants. You got all these notebooks and fancy binoculars on you. So who’re you spying on?

      No one, Kyra said, shaking her head. She

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