I first came across Jessica Miller’s then upcoming middlegrade fantasy novel The Republic of Birds when I was spending A LOT of time on twitter following #authorsforfireys. The cover is so stunning it caught my eye immediately (and its even better in real life!) – and, on reading the blurb, I thought it sounded really cool! Here’s the summary from Goodreads. Olga loves the stories of the old cartographers and pores over their ancient books and maps, trying to unlock their secrets. Sometimes, she can even feel through the maps—almost see into them — as if by magic. When the bird army kidnaps Olga’s sister, Mira, Olga knows that only…