Sparrow Girl
Contributors
Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
Formats and Prices
- On Sale
- Feb 17, 2009
- Page Count
- 40 pages
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- ISBN-13
- 9781423111870
Price
$18.99Price
$24.99 CADFormat
Format:
- Hardcover $18.99 $24.99 CAD
- ebook $9.99 $12.99 CAD
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Sparrows were the enemy of farmers. According to the leader of the country, they were eating too much grain, so he announced a great “Sparrow War” to banish them from China.
But Ming-Li didn’t want to chase the birds away. As the people of her village gathered with firecrackers and gongs to scatter the sparrows, she watched in dismay.
Quietly, she vowed to save as many sparrows as she could, one by one…
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“A powerful message that one small person can make a big difference.”Kirkus Reviews
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