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Sparrow Girl First edition
Sara Pennypacker
Sparrow Girl First edition
Sara Pennypacker
Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. It was a terrible thought. Her country's leader had called sparrows the enemy of the farmers--they were eating too much grain, he said. He announced a great "Sparrow War" to banish them from China, but Ming-Li did not want to chase the birds away.
As the people of her village gathered with firecrackers and gongs to scatter the sparrows, Ming-Li held her ears and watched in dismay. The birds were falling from the trees, frightened to death! Ming-Li knew she had to do something--even if she couldn't stop the noise. Quietly, she vowed to save as many sparrows as she could, one by one...
40 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | February 17, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9781423111870 |
Publishers | Disney Book Publishing Inc. |
Pages | 40 |
Dimensions | 249 × 238 × 12 mm · 362 g |
Language | English |
Illustrator | Tanaka, Yoko |
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