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Sparrow

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Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal winner for Pre-teen Fiction 2022.


Global Book Award Gold Medal winner for children's literature 2022.


A boy. A wish. A secret desire gone horribly wrong.

Timothy Sperling misses his mom and dad terribly. Left behind with his morose uncle while they're off on an expedition to avert an environmental disaster, the bird-boned boy would give anything to see them again. But when he spies a shooting star, instead of wishing to be reunited with his parents, he falters and asks for snow... only to conjure up a blizzard that won't quit!


As a town that never sees winter is buried in mountains of white, Timothy teams up with a wise explorer to figure out how to stop the relentless snowstorm. And with all the blame being shoveled on his family, the clever kid's connection to sparrows may be his one chance to pull the city out of its deep freeze.


Can Timothy undo his fateful wish and bring back the sunshine?


Sparrow is a high-flying middle-grade novel. If you or your child like relatable characters, timeless settings, and high-stakes adventure, then you'll love Brian Kindall's feathered flurries.


Buy Sparrow and take to the skies today!

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      Starred review from March 15, 2022
      Grades 4-8 *Starred Review* In this middle-grade novel, Timothy Sperling's parents have gone on a voyage to save a species of bird from extinction and haven't been heard from in seven years. Tim--a "bird-boned" boy nicknamed Sparrow--has been left with his gloomy, reclusive uncle, who ignores Tim except for assigning him pointless daily tasks. Tim's only friends are the birds at his attic-room window. Then one night a shooting star appears in the sky, and Tim makes a wish for it to snow in his small city--which hasn't seen snowfall in recent memory--and unleashes a flurry of unforeseen consequences. The story is replete with delightful flourishes of the English language. A visit to the barber presents Tim with a humorous choice of haircuts, including the Fop, the Conquest, and the Looper. Kindall's prose is crisp, yet also lyrical and lovely: ". . . the dream, the star, the wish had all been put down inside of him. There they lay now, like a nest of eggs in the darkness, waiting, waiting to be remembered." Sparrow is a beautifully written, wise, and gentle book that young readers will savor.

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