Sparrow Girl
Author(s): 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...
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Hyperion Books for Children
- : Hyperion Books for Children
- : 0.372
- : 01 February 2011
- : 246mm X 237mm X 9mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Sara Pennypacker
- : Hardback
- : Yoko Tanaka
- : English
- : 781.66
- : bl2009004597
- : 32
- : illustrations