The Good Lord Bird

Winner of the 2013 National Book Award for FictionSoon to be a major motion picture starring Liev Schreiber and Jaden SmithA Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the YearA magnificent new novel by the best-selling author James McBride. cover review of The New York Times Book ReviewOutrageously entertaining. USA TodayJames McBride delivers another tour de force EssenceSo imaginative, youll race to the finish. NPR.orgWildly entertaining.—4-star People lead reviewA boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel. Washington Post From the bestselling author of The Color of Water and Song Yet Sung comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Browns antislavery crusade—and who must pass as a girl to survive.