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Sparrow Girl
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Illustrator
- Tanaka, Yoko
- ISBN
- 9781423111870
- Book Title
- Sparrow Girl
- Item Length
- 9.8in
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- People & Places / Asia, Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, General, Girls & Women, Imagination & Play, concepts / Sounds, Animals / Birds
- Item Width
- 9.2in
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 40 Pages
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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 Identifiers
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-10
1423111877
ISBN-13
9781423111870
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70487936
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sparrow Girl
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
People & Places / Asia, Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, General, Girls & Women, Imagination & Play, concepts / Sounds, Animals / Birds
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages
40 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
9.2in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.P3856sp 2009
Grade from
Preschool
Grade to
Third Grade
Reviews
The so-called Sparrow War, declared by Mao in 1958, furnishes the basis for this grim story. Deciding that sparrows are eating too much grain, "our Leader" orders his people to drive them away, and Ming-Li's whole village turns out to "[make] so much noise the ground itself rumble[s]." Ming-Li objects, pointing out that other birds will leave along with the sparrows, but she is silenced; on her own, she creates a bird refuge in an abandoned barn and becomes a heroine the following year, when the birds are needed to control worms, grasshoppers and other pests. Fans hoping for the insouciance of Pennypacker's Clementine will look in vain; Ming-Li's determination rises up against the frightening images of marauding villagers and of dead birds raining from the sky. Debut artist Tanaka contributes skillful but unsettling pictures-her overcast palette, skewed perspectives and stylized faces create the atmosphere of a bad dream.-- PW
Illustrated by
Tanaka, Yoko
Copyright Date
2009
Lccn
2009-006758
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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