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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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