Sparrow Road - Hardcover

O'Connor, Sheila

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399254587 ISBN 13: 9780399254581

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2011

Synopsis

It's the summer before seventh grade, and twelve-year- old Raine O'Rourke's mother suddenly takes a job hours from home at mysterious Sparrow Road- a creepy, dilapidated mansion that houses an eccentric group of artists. As Raine tries to make sense of her new surroundings, she forges friendships with a cast of quirky characters including the outrageous and funky Josie.

Together, Raine and Josie decide to solve the mysteries of Sparrow Road-from its haunting history as an orphanage to the secrets of its silent, brooding owner, Viktor. But it's an unexpected secret from Raine's own life that changes her forever.

An affecting and beautifully written story of family and forgiveness, Sparrow Road is an incredible gift.

About this title

Review:

"Shelia O'Connor's book about the importance of love, loyalty and dreams, charmed me..."Sparrow Road" is quite wonderful and I recommend it highly." -Karen Cushman, author of the Newbery-winning "The Midwife's Apprentice" and the Newbery Honor book "Catherine, Called Birdy"

Praise for Sparrow Road
International Reading Association Award
Midwest Booksellers Choice Awards Finalist
A VOYA Best Book
A Booklist Best Book
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book
A Bank Street Best Book

★ "Readers finding themselves in this quiet world will find plenty of space to imagine and dream for themselves." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★ "[A] timeless piece of middle-grade fiction. . . . A special book." - Booklist, starred review

"[T]he strength of even imperfect human connections is celebrated through the relationships among a multitude of vivid and varied characters." - BCCB

"Lyrical writing in this first-person narrative, good character development, and a sympathetic heroine will keep readers absorbed." - School Library Journal

"Sparrow Road is a book that strikes--and gentles--with Truth. Here is a world of Sorrow and Comfort, crafted by an artist who dares to suggest, without sentimentality but with a hard-nosed realism, that a broken world can be renewed through love and daring and community and art. What a sweet and hopeful and engaging story." - Gary D. Schmidt, Newbery Honor-winning author of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and The Wednesday Wars

"Sparrow Road is a place for wishing long and dreaming, and so is this terrific novel. Sparrow Road is quite wonderful and I recommend it highly." - Karen Cushman author of the Newbery Medal-winning, The Midwife's Apprentice, and the Newbery Honor-winning Catherine, Called Birdy

"Sparrow Road has everything I could ask for in a novel - mysteries, secrets, a creepy mansion with a haunting past, a cast of unforgettable characters, and a twisting tale of self-discovery." - Ann Martin, Newbery Honor-winning author of A Corner of the Universe

About the Author:

Shelia O'Connor lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sparrow Road is her debut work for children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0399254587
• ISBN 13: 9780399254581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 247