Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda WoodsΓÇÖs poignant,heartfelt story of an adopted boy and the bird he rescues Everyone expects Coop to be musical like his beloved parentsbut heΓÇÖs not. ThatΓÇÖs one of the few things he finds awkward about being adoptedΓÇöwellthat and the fact that he sometimes wonders why his birth mother didnΓÇÖt love him enough to keep him. This summerheΓÇÖs stuck at home with a broken arm after falling out of a tree trying to get a closer peek at a mockingbird nest. After the eggs in the nest hatch and the fledglings fly awayhe and his friend Zandi notice that one of them stays behind. Taking a closer lookthey realize the bird only has one wing. Since it wonΓÇÖt survive in the wildthey adopt it and name it Hopand then learn everything they can about birds so they can care for Hop properly. Unfortunatelywhen a hawk injures Hopthe vet says itΓÇÖs illegal to keep mockingbirds as pets. Faced with a difficult decision about surrendering his beloved little bird to a bird sanctuaryCoop starts thinking about his birth motherΓÇÖs motivation in a new light.