Sparrow girl
By: Sara Pennypacker ; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka.
Contributors: Tanaka, Yoko, ill.
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Sparrows -- Fiction; Farm life -- Fiction; Food chains (Ecology) -- Fiction; China -- History -- 1949-1976 -- Juvenile fiction; China -- History -- 1949-1976 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction; Juvenile fiction
Description: 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.