Homeless Bird Summary

Although being from two different countries, Koly, the main protagonist, shares a few common traits. The story is called Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan. Koly can be mischievous and playful. “In my books I had read that as a child, Krishna was very mischievous. Now I became mischievous as well. The milk I churned would not turn into butter. The grain I ground for charpatis had bits of chaff that got between our teeth. In the garden I pulled pulled up the potato plants and left the weeds.” (Whelan 65) She can also be hard working, even though her sass says she isn’t good enough. “‘I have worked for my food, harder than anyone,’ Sass squinted her eyes as she always did when she was very, very angry. In a harsh voice she said, ‘You do not know