| Title | : | Sparrow Girl |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Sara Pennypacker & Yoko Tanaka |
| Release | : | 2016-08-04 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Animal Fiction for Kids, Books, Kids, Fiction for Kids |
| Size | : | 25811020 |
| 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... |
