How to Turn Into a Bird

A Washington Post Best Book of December

"This book is a gift." Megan McDowell

From the award-winning author of How to Order the Universe, Mara Jos Ferrada beautifully details the life and lessons of an unconventional man and the boy who loves him.

After years of hard work in a factory outside of Santiago, Chile, Ramn accepts a peculiar job: to look after a Coca-Cola billboard located by the highway. And it doesn't take long for Ramn to make an even more peculiar decision: to make the billboard his new home.

Twelve-year-old Miguel is enchanted by his uncle's unusual living arrangement, but the neighborhood is buzzing with gossip, declaring Ramn a madman bringing shame to the community. As he visits his uncle in a perch above it all, Miguel comes to see a different perspective, and finds himself wondering what he believeshas his uncle...