Sparrow Girl
Sparrow Girl A young girl's compassion inspires a small but powerful act of heroism during China's "Sparrow War" in this poetic picture book by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara…
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Sparrow Girl
A young girl's compassion inspires a small but powerful act of heroism during China's "Sparrow War" in this poetic picture book by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Pennypacker.Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. Her country's leader had called sparrows the enemy of the farmers--they were eating too much grain. It was a terrible thought.
As the people of her village gathered with firecrackers and gongs to scatter the sparrows, she held her ears and watched in dismay. He announced a great "Sparrow War" to banish them from China.But Ming-Li did not want to chase the birds away. Ming-Li knew she had to do something.Quietly, she vowed to save as many sparrows as she could, one by