“Homeless Bird” by Gloria Whelan was first published in 2000. Soon after its publication, the book became very popular. It was the winner of “Books for the Teen Age Award” in 2001 and “National Book Award” in 2000.
The story revolves around a thirteen-year-old girl named Koly. She grows up in India. It was a tradition that most of the girls at the age of thirteen got married in India at that time.