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Copyright © 1955 by Rumer Godden, renewed 1983

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

Godden, Rumer, 1907–

An episode of sparrows / Rumer Godden.

p. cm. – (New York Review children’s collection)

Summary: In post-World War II London, two street-tough children attempt to build a hidden garden, an act that awakens hidden courage in the children and profoundly disrupts the neighborhood.

ISBN 1-59017-124-1 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-59017-993-2 (paperback)

[1. Street children–Fiction. 2. Gardens–Fiction. 3. London (England)–History–20th century–Fiction. 4. Great Britain–History– George VI, 1936–1952–Fiction.] I. Title. II. Series.

PZ7.G54Ep 2004

[Fic]–dc22

2004019298

ISBN 978-1-68137-109-2

v1.0

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