Screen LibrarySparrow girl /
When China's leader declares war on sparrows in 1958, everyone makes loud noise in hopes of chasing the hungry birds from their land except for Ming-Li, a young girl whose compassion and foresight prevent a disaster.
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Disney/Hyperion Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First Disney/Hyperion Books hardcover edition. |
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| Summary: |
When China's leader declares war on sparrows in 1958, everyone makes loud noise in hopes of chasing the hungry birds from their land except for Ming-Li, a young girl whose compassion and foresight prevent a disaster. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
| ISBN: |
9781423111870 1423111877 |
| Index Number: | PZ7 |
| CLC: | I712.84 |
| Call Number: | I712.84/P416-9 |
| Contents: | 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 said. 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, Ming-Li held her ears and watched in dismay. The birds were falling from the trees, frightened to death Ming-Li knew she had to do something -- even if she couldn't stop the noise. Quietly |