Sparrow: A Novel
<p><b>In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson’s <i>Speak, </i>Mary Cecilia Jackson's devastating but hopeful YA debut is about a ballerina who finds the courage to confront the abuse that haunts her past and threatens her future.</b> <i><br /><br />There are two kinds of people on the planet. Hunters and prey</i><br /><i> I thought I would be safe after my mother died. I thought I could stop searching for new places to hide. But you can’t escape what you are, what you’ve always been.</i><br /><i> My name is Savannah Darcy Rose.</i><br /><i> And I am still prey. </i><br /><br />Though Savannah Rose—“Sparrow” to her friends and family—is a gifted ballerina, her real talent is keeping secrets. Schooled in silence by her long-dead mother, Sparrow has always believed that her lifelong creed—“I’m not the kind of girl who tells”—will make her just like everyone else: Normal. Happy. Safe.<br /><br />But in the aftermath of a brutal assault by her seemingly perfect boyfriend Tristan, Sparrow must finally find the courage to confront the ghosts of her past, or lose herself forever….<br /><br />At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.</p>