Sparrow -- Sarah Moon, Paperback

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 all

Sparrow 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...

Author: Sarah Moon
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 02/26/2019
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781338312867
Age Range: 12-17

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 192573 / Sparrow

About the Author
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.