Sparrow Contributor(s): Moon, Sarah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1338312863 ISBN-13: 9781338312867 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Loners & Outcasts - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Depression - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Suicide |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.48 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 192573 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The story of a sensitive, gifted African American girl who tells us with mordant humor what it feels like to spend every day wishing so hard that you could fly away from it allSparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather stay home on the weekends with her mother, an affluent IT executive at a Manhattan bank, reading, or watching the birds, than play with other kids. And that's made school a lonely experience for her. It's made LIFE a lonely experience.But when the one teacher who really understood her -- Mrs. Wexler, the school librarian, a woman who let her eat her lunch in the library office rather than hide in a bathroom stall, a woman who shared her passion for novels and knew just the ones she'd love -- is killed in a freak car accident, Sparrow's world unravels and she's found on the roof of her school in an apparent suicide attempt.With the help of an insightful therapist, Sparrow finally reveals the truth of her inner life. And it's here that she discovers an outlet in rock & roll music... |