Hummingbird

Written by Natalie Lloyd

Narrated by Natalie Lloyd

A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book

From the bestselling author of A Snicker of Magic comes a heartfelt story about a girl who -- armed with her trusty, snazzy wheelchair -- refuses to let her brittle bone disease stand in the way of adventure

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl who—armed with her trusty, snazzy wheelchair—refuses to let her brittle bone disease stand in the way of adventure.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
• Release date: Aug 2, 2022
• ISBN: 9781338715231

Natalie Lloyd

Natalie Lloyd loves writing stories full of magic and friendship, including A Snicker of Magic, which was a New York Times bestseller, and the Problim Children books. She lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with her husband, Justin, and their dogs, Biscuit and Samson.

Reviews for Hummingbird

[Becky Baumgartner · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Natalie Lloyd has done it again. A moving and powerful story with a touch of magic, and a way with words. The narrator helps make the South come to life.

[julia · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

AMAZING I LOVE IT SO FREAKING MUCH!! OLIVE IS THE BEST!!

[Malcolm McGuire · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

“You're a miracle because you exist. Everybody is.”
― Natalie Lloyd, Hummingbird
I love reading middle grade novels. As a reading teacher, I make it a practice to read through the Sequoyah reading list. One of the reasons I love doing this is because it exposes me to a large variety of literature, and keeps me from reading from the same diet of books.

This story is magical. Not because of the genre, but because it taps into the power of friendship, love, acceptance, and most of all-hope. Olive, our 12-year-old protagonist, has spent her life being homeschooled because she has a chronic disease. Her deepest desire it to attend Macklemore Middle School. After a heartwarming persuasive speech, her family decides to let her attend. This begins the unfolding of Olive's opportunity to experience life as she has always dreamed.

Olive, along with her newfound friend, are taken by the town legend of the Hummingbird and make the decision to find it and making one of them its next focus for granting a wish. Through a few twists and turns, this dynamic duo is joined by Olive's step-brother in their quest.

Olive is a strong, determined, sweet, and compassionate character whose spunk and spirit courts the reader into fallin in love with her.

This story gave me the opportunity to hope again, to accept the skin I'm in, and to look for the good in others. I highly recommend this read!

[Ms Kat Music · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great story, and I enjoyed the enthusiasm of the narrator. A modern fairy tale, so sweet

[Andrea Beck · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book was super cute and relatable. As a person with Osteoporosis Imperfecta I loved reading a book where the main character was like me. This would be a great book for kids with OI or a great teaching tool for kids and adults who don’t. Awareness is important. ?