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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. It was a terrible thought. Her country's leader had called sparrows the enemy of the farmers--they were eating too much grain. 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, she held her ears and watched in dismay. Ming-Li knew she had to do something.

 

Quietly, she vowed to save as many sparrows as she could, one by one...

ISBN-13

9781423111870

ISBN-10

1423111877

Weight

0.79 Pounds

Dimensions

9.25 x 0.25 x 9.75 In

List Price

$18.99

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

40 pages

Publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published On

2009-02-17



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