# Song of a Blackbird

**Author:** Maria van Lieshout
**Grade range:** Grades 3–8
**First published:** 2025
**Page count:** 0
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9781761181795`
**ISBN-10:** `1761181793`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/song-of-a-blackbird
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Fictionalised but based on true events, Song of a Blackbird has two intertwined timelines: one is a modern-day family drama, the other a thrilling true story of a WWII-era bank heist carried out by Dutch resistance fighters.

## Where this book is assigned

### Golden Kite Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 6th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 7th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)
- **recommended** · 8th grade — [source: Golden Kite Award (SCBWI) winners, via Wikipedia — 2025 Winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Kite_Award)

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