Silhouette of a Sparrow
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Publication Year
2013
ISBN
9781571317049
Pages
208 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Gay/Lesbian; homosexual; lesbian teenager; same sex relationship
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and father
LGBTQ+
female/female
Awards
Lambda Literary Award, 2013, Finalist, LGBT Children's/Young Adult
Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature, 2012, Winner
Minnesota Book Awards, 2013, Finalist, Young People's Literature
Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, 2013, Winner
Keywords
feminism; self-actualization; orinthology; Minnesota; summer job; forbidden romance
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Griffin, Molly Beth, "Silhouette of a Sparrow" (2013). Diverse Families. 1379.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1379