Birdgirl: 'Lyrical, poignant and insightful.' Margaret Atwood

Mya-Rose, also known as Birdgirl, is a young environmentalist and birder who has seen over five thousand different types of birds, half the world's species. She has visited every continent to pursue her passion and has become increasingly determined to campaign for all our survival. Birdgirl is the perfect read for fans of H is for Hawk, Diary of a Young Naturalist, and any young or aspiring environmentalists.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 30 June 2022
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Discover a powerful, evocative, and urgent new young voice in nature writing!

*WINNER OF THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2023*

Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby, or a pastime I can pick up and put down, but a thread running through the pattern of my life.

Meet Mya-Rose - otherwise known as Birdgirl. Birder, environmentalist, diversity activist. To date, she has seen over five thousand different types of birds: half the world's species. Every single bird a treasure. Each sighting a small step in her family journey - a collective moment of joy and stillness. And each helping her to find her voice.

Since she was young, she has visited every continent to pursue her passion, seeing first-hand the inequality and reckless destruction we are inflicting on our fragile planet. And the simple, mindful act of looking for birds has made her ever-more determined to campaign for all our survival.

This is her story; a journey defined by her love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small, brown, patterned, or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.

Birdgirl is the perfect read for fans of H is for Hawk, Diary of a Young Naturalist, and any young or aspiring environmentalists.

Weight: 722g
Dimension: 224 x 145 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787333208