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The Bone Sparrow

ebook
"Indispensable." — Booklist (starred review)
Subhi is a refugee. He was born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, and the center is the only world he knows. But every night, the faraway whales sing to him, the birds tell him their stories, and the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts. As Subhi grows, his imagination threatens to burst beyond the limits of the fences that contain him. Until one night, it seems to do just that.
Subhi sees a scruffy girl on the other side of the wire mesh, a girl named Jimmie, who appears with a notebook written by the mother she lost. Unable to read it herself, Jimmie asks Subhi to unravel her family's love songs and tragedies that are penned there.
Subhi and Jimmie might both find comfort — and maybe even freedom-as their tales unfold. But not until each has been braver than ever before and made choices that could change everything.

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Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Kindle Book

  • Release date: November 4, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781484781937
  • File size: 2565 KB
  • Release date: November 4, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781484781937
  • File size: 3089 KB
  • Release date: November 4, 2016

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Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.9
Lexile® Measure:840
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-5

"Indispensable." — Booklist (starred review)
Subhi is a refugee. He was born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, and the center is the only world he knows. But every night, the faraway whales sing to him, the birds tell him their stories, and the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts. As Subhi grows, his imagination threatens to burst beyond the limits of the fences that contain him. Until one night, it seems to do just that.
Subhi sees a scruffy girl on the other side of the wire mesh, a girl named Jimmie, who appears with a notebook written by the mother she lost. Unable to read it herself, Jimmie asks Subhi to unravel her family's love songs and tragedies that are penned there.
Subhi and Jimmie might both find comfort — and maybe even freedom-as their tales unfold. But not until each has been braver than ever before and made choices that could change everything.

Expand title description text