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A powerful novel about friendship and family that calls to mind Bridge to Terabithia Twelve-year-old John Fischer Jr., or Little John as he s always been known, is spending his summer helping his father with his tree removal business, clearing brush for Mr. King, the wealthy owner of a chain of Texas dollar stores, when he hears a beautiful song that transfixes him. He follows the melody and finds, not a bird, but a young girl sitting in the branches of a tall sycamore tree. There s something magical about this girl, Gayle, especially her soaring singing voice, and Little John s friendship with Gayle quickly becomes the one bright spot in his life, for his home is dominated by sorrow over his sister s death and his parents ever-tightening financial difficulties. But then Mr. King draws Little John into an impossible choice–forced to choose between his family s survival and a betrayal of Gayle that puts her future in jeopardy. Inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen story, Nightingale s Nest is an unforgettable novel about a boy with the weight of the world on his shoulders and a girl with the gift of healing in her voice.