Sparrow A Novel Author:Mary Cecilia Jackson In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson?s Speak, a devastating but hopeful YA debut about a ballerina who finds the courage to confront the abuse that haunts her past and threatens her future. — There are two kinds of people on the planet. Hunters and prey — I thought I would be safe after my mother died. I thought I could stop searching for new... more » places to hide. But you can?t escape what you are, what you?ve always been.
My name is Savannah Darcy Rose.
And I am still prey. Though Savannah Rose??Sparrow? to her friends and family?is a gifted ballerina, her real talent is keeping secrets. Schooled in silence by her long-dead mother, Sparrow has always believed that her lifelong creed??I?m not the kind of girl who tells??will make her just like everyone else: Normal. Happy. Safe. But in the aftermath of a brutal assault by her seemingly perfect boyfriend Tristan, Sparrow must finally find the courage to confront the ghosts of her past, or lose herself forever?.« less