Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl who—armed with her trusty, snazzy wheelchair—refuses to let her brittle bone disease stand in the way of adventure. Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is tired of being seen as “fragile” just because she has osteogenesis imperfecta (otherwise known as brittle bone disease) so she’s thrilled when she finally convinces her parents to let her attend Macklemore Elementary. Olive can’t wait to go to a traditional school and make the friends she’s always longed for, until a disastrous first day dashes her hopes of ever fitting in. Then Olive hears whispers about a magical, wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives near Macklemore. It’ll be the solution to all her problems! If she can find the bird and prove herself worthy, the creature will make her most desperate, secret wish come true. When it becomes clear that she can’t solve the mystery on her own, Olive teams up with some unlikely allies who help her learn the truth about the bird. And on the way, she just might learn that our fragile places lead us to the most wonderful magic of all . . .
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4.75 Stars
Cover 4; characters 4; Plot 5; Pace 5; Intrigue 4; Logic 5; worldbuilding 5; Writing 5; Enjoyment 5; cry*
I cannot express to you my new found love for HUMMINGBIRD! This book was everything I love about YA. A bit whimsy, a bit mysterious, all of the "finding yourself" vibes. This book is about finding magic in every day moments and learning how to appreciate what you do have, even when others might think you've been handed the short stick.
This has amazing disability rep and I love our MC Olive. She's a fantastic human. I wish there had been a bit more about her friends but honestly, they were fabulous too.
As an aside, this book does talk a lot about God and Olive's relationship with faith and her local church and the very beginning is a woman wanting to pray for her for God to "fix her bones". I'm Pagan and sometimes religion in books can be off-putting but I didn't find that to be the case here. This was just, a girl and her faith in the Lord and the magic of nature and I can get behind that.
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