Sparrow

Fourteen-year-old Sparrow Cooke of Brooklyn has always been the kind of child who prefers reading books to playing with friends (not that she has many of those) and since fifth grade the one person who seemed to understand her was the school librarian--so when Mrs. Wexler was killed in an accident,...

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Main Author: Moon, Sarah, 1982- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Fourteen-year-old Sparrow Cooke of Brooklyn has always been the kind of child who prefers reading books to playing with friends (not that she has many of those) and since fifth grade the one person who seemed to understand her was the school librarian--so when Mrs. Wexler was killed in an accident, Sparrow's world came apart, and when she was found on the edge of the school roof everyone assumed that it was a suicide attempt, which Sparrow denies, but cannot find the words to explain.
Physical Description:264 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781338032581
1338032585
Author Notes:Sarah Moon is a teacher and writer. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, with her wife, Jasmine, and their dog, Otis. She is the coeditor of The Letter Q , a young adult anthology. Sparrow is her first young adult novel.