A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe

Set during New York City’s COVID lockdown, this collection combines fiction and poetry about teens trying to live with friends, family, and themselves amid fear and loss. Malachi writes an Armageddon story in response to his new reality. Tariq helps his ill grandmother through quarantine, Zamira faces depression and loneliness after losing her parents, and Mohamed works to sustain community spirit.