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1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations |
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SILHOUETTE OF A SPARROW; Prologue: American Robin (Turdus migratorius); Black- Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla); Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus); Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata); Double- Crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus); Ruby- Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris); Snowy Egret (Egretta thula); Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea); Ring- Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis); American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos); Great Egret (Ardea alba); Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina); Red- Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis); Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens). |
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White- Breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris); Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula); Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura); Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias); Common Loon (Gavia immer); Eastern Screech Owl (Otus asio); Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula); Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos); EPILOGUE: American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis); Afterword and Acknowledgments: Fact and Fiction in Silhouette of a Sparrow; MOLLY BETH GRIFFIN; MILKWEED EDITIONS; JOIN US. |
| Summary |
In the summer of 1926, sixteen-year-old Garnet Richardson is sent to a lake resort to escape the polio epidemic in the city. She dreams of indulging her passion for ornithology and visiting the famous new amusement park--a summer of fun before she returns for her final year of high school, after which she's expected to marry a nice boy and settle into middle-class homemaking. But in the country, Garnet finds herself under the supervision of equally oppressive guardians--her father's wealthy cousin and the matron's stuck-up daughter. Only a liberating job in a hat shop, an intense, secret relat. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.5 6 156923 |
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Accelerated Reader UG 5.5 6 156923 |
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In the town of Excelsior, Minnesota, Garnet, who dreams of indulging her passion for ornithology, is resigned to marrying and settling into homemaking until she takes a job in a hat shop and begins a relationship with a flapper. |
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During the summer of 1926 in the lake resort town of Excelsior, Minnesota, sixteen-year-old Garnet, who dreams of indulging her passion for ornithology, is resigned to marrying a nice boy and settling into middle-class homemaking until she takes a liberating job in a hat shop and begins an intense, secret relationship with a daring and beautiful flapper. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Feminism -- Fiction.
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Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.
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Lesbians -- Fiction.
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Ornithology -- Fiction.
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Feminism -- Juvenile fiction.
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Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Lesbians -- Juvenile fiction.
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Ornithology -- Juvenile fiction.
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Feminism. |
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Lesbians. |
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Ornithology. |
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Self-actualization (Psychology) |
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Excelsior (Minn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Excelsior (Minn.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Minnesota -- Excelsior. |
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Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Griffin, Molly Beth. Silhouette of a sparrow Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 2012 9781571317018 (DLC) 2011036296 (OCoLC)752069132 |
| ISBN |
9781571318619 : $16.99 |
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1571318615 : $16.99 |
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