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Cover of Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon

Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon

by Dhan Gopal Mukerji

Middle grade · ages 8–12 · grades 3–7 · 720L · 1927

Why we'd hand it over

A 1928 Newbery winner that hasn't aged as sweetly as Charlotte's Web, but the war-trauma arc in an animal story is genuinely unusual and teaches real courage through a pigeon's eyes.

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Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji (ages 8–12) — ChapterScout