Alameda Free Library First Chapter Friday: Hummingbird Season

A California boy chronicles the long, difficult Covid-19 lockdown in verses that explore his confused emotions.
On the day “that started everything” and that “was also a day that ended everything,” Archie’s life is turned upside down. School is abruptly closed, his parents must work from home, and big brother Hank is ever more difficult. Archie’s asthma puts him at risk, causing his parents to take ever-greater precautions. Archie’s imagination is captured when he hears a brief buzzing sound, senses something whipping past, and witnesses “the smallest bird ever,” and he soon finds a new purpose. - Kirkus Reviews
Hummingbird Season by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic. Published by Bloomsbury.