Sparrow (Arthur A Levine Novel Bks.)

By: Sarah Moon

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Synopsis: 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...

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 272 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781338032598
Related ISBNs:: 9781338032581
Publisher:: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Addition:: 11/07/23
Copyrighted By:: Sarah Moon
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Teens, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction
Grade Levels:: Seventh grade, Eighth grade, Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student
Reading Age:: 12 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.