When We Were Birds Local Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has been

Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has been caught in the snares of SPYDER more than once and knows well enough to be suspicious of anything that seems too good to be true—despite needing special tutoring in advanced survival techniques

and François Samson

once trained with three other students of the technique

including a vengeful demon

When We Were Birds Local Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley has beenAyanna Lloyd Banwo In an old house on a hill, where the city meets the rainforest, Yejide's mother is dying. She is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: one St. Bernard woman in every generation has the power to shepherd the city's souls into the afterlife. But after years of suffering her mother's neglect and bitterness, Yejide is looking for a way out. Raised in the countryside by a devout Rastafarian mother, Darwin has always abided