Will Sparrow's Road
by:
Karen Cushman (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780544336322 (0544336321)
Publish date: November 4th 2014
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Travel,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Chapter Books
I luuurrrrrved Cushman’s recent Alchemy of Meggy Swann, so I was hoping that Will Sparrow would be just as awesome. I have to admit, I didn’t connect with it as much–Will stays a mostly unlikeable character in a way that Meggy doesn’t. I do also remember being very tired when I read this, so my reac...
So this was an okay read, normally I'm pretty happy with any middle grade books that I read but this one is one that's most likely not going to stick with me. I'm not really sure. The writing was good, the story was good but something was missing for me to give it that push that would make me rememb...
Will Sparrow's Road will give young readers a look at what life was like for a poor, young boy in Elizabethan England. Will's father is a drunk who sold him to an innkeeper in exchange for liquor. When Will steals a pie the innkeeper threatens to sell him to a man who will make him a chimney sweep. ...
A lively, colorful adventure with lots of wonderful characters set in Elizabethan England.
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