The Blackbirds: A Queer Story
Story Stats
Rating: 3
Grade Level: 4, 5, 6
Page count: 6
Author
Robert Emmet
Ward
Appeared in
The Second St. Nicholas Anthology
Story Summary
A young boy, abandoned by his father, is befriended by another boy his own age and taken home, where he stays for the next 12 years only to leave as quietly as he arrived.