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Title details for The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon - Available

The Bone Sparrow

by Zana Fraillon
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"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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  • Release date

    November 4, 2016

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781484781937
      • File size: 2565 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781484781937
      • File size: 3089 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

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

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

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