One Came Home av Amy Timberlake

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<b>A Newbery Honor Book<br></b><br><b><b>An ALA-ALSC Notable Children''s Book<br></b></b><br><b>Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel </b><br><br><i>“An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now.”—Newbery Medalist Karen Cushman</i><br><br><br>In the town of Placid, Wisconsin, in 1871, Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: her uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly.<br><br>But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn''t, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of "pigeoners" trailing the passenger pigeon migration. And when the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha''s blue-green ball gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She will track every last clue and shred