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A brilliant and moving coming-of-age story in the tradition of Wonder by R. J. Palacio and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon�this debut novel is written with tremendous humor and charm. This is Alex�s story. But he doesn�t know exactly what it�s about yet, so you probably shouldn�t either. Instead, here are some things that it�s sort of about (but not really): It�s sort of (but not really) about brain surgery. It�s sort of (but not really) about a hamster named Jaws 2 (after the original Jaws (who died), not the movie Jaws 2). It�s sort of (but actually quite a lot) about Alex�s parents. It�s sort of (but not really) about feeling ostrichized (which is a better word for excluded (because ostriches can�t fly so they often feel left out)). It�s sort of (but not really (but actually, the more you think about it, kind of a lot)) about empathy (which is like sympathy only better), and also love and trust and fate and time and quantum mechanics and friendship and exams and growing up. And it�s also sort of about courage. Because sometimes it actually takes quite a lot of it to bury your head in the sand. Praise for Ostrich �Irresistible! Ostrich is loaded with wit, charm, and wisdom. Alex is one of the sweetest and most inspiring narrators I�ve ever encountered. I dare you not to laugh, cry, and fall utterly in love.��Maria Semple, New York Times bestselling author of Where�d You Go, Bernadette? �A coming-of-age story of some brilliance . . . I laughed heartily, sobbed unexpectedly, and significantly improved my grammar.��Nathan Filer, author of the Costa Book Award winner The Shock of the Fall �One of the bravest novels I�ve read in a very long time. Matt Greene lets the reader become detective, and clue by clue we uncover not only the truth of Alex�s world, but the deepest truths of what it means to love and lose.��Carol Rifka Brunt, author of Tell the Wolves I�m Home �Ostrich has given me the most enjoyable reading experience I�ve had all year and has one of the funniest and most engaging young narrators I�ve had the pleasure of reading. Matt Greene is seriously funny and in Ostrich proves comedy can be the finest of arts.��Matt Haig, author of The Humans From the Trade Paperback edition.