Bird and Sugar Boy Laguna Sofie     259.49 KB

Teachers’ Notes Written by Bronwyn Owen Overview James Burdell, or Bird, is best mates with Craig ‘Sugar Boy’ Hill. Together they fish, ride their bikes, race the trains, terrorise their teachers, give their parents a bit of a hard time, and generally enjoy a fantastic, easy friendship. Bird is being raised by his father alone, after his mother ‘shot through’ when he was very small. He has only a cloudy memory of her, the smell of wet wool, and has trouble remembering her face. His father runs his own mechanics business, and is doing his best to raise his son on his own. Bird’s favourite pastime, other than being with Sugar Boy, is studying birds in nature and in books, most specifically Birds: A Field Guide by AP Davies, which he bought from the Op Shop. Sugar Boy comes from a . . . Please click onto the PDF icon (above) to open the full and printable version of the Teachers' Notes for this title.