Ash & Feather

By: Sharon Frances

Narrated by: Candace Fitzgerald

Illustrated novel in verse for young teens.

When fourteen-year-old Phoenix learns of her parent Eagle’s cancer diagnosis, her shoulder blades start to itch. It’s the end of summer vacation, eighth grade starts next week, and Phoenix’s world collapses.

Every hall she runs down, every room she hides in, Phoenix feels herself changing, growing wings while Eagle may be dying.

She builds a new nest from the comfort of grandparent Duck, counselor Hen, and sweetheart Ing. But cancer is like a coyote howling in the hills waiting for Phoenix to land so it can destroy everything.

If she is to rise from the ashes of this uncertain world–one of surgery and medicine, classes and teachers–Phoenix must learn to feel everything and become the bird she always imagined.

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©2025 Sharon Frances (P)2025 Sharon Frances

Sharon's Spirit sores in this beautiful novel in Verse

I love the expressiveness of her poetry. how she creates a magical world in a hard reality, and Phoenix rises above it all.