{"id":1054,"date":"2013-03-08T17:35:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T23:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2013-03-02T17:37:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T23:37:51","slug":"silhouette-of-a-sparrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/silhouette-of-a-sparrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Silhouette of a Sparrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1055\" style=\"border: 0pt none; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px;\" alt=\"Cover of Silhouette of a Sparrow\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture31-212x300.png\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture31-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Picture31.png 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Find this book in a library near you!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/oclc\/752069132\">Molly Beth Griffin, Molly Beth. Silhouette of a Sparrow.\u00a0Milkweed Editions, 2012. Paperback. 191p. $16.95. 978-1-57131-701-8.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Silhouette of a Sparrow<\/em> is an absolute treasure of a book. As a Minnesota native passionate about the 1920s, I instantly fell in love with this coming-of-age book.<\/p>\n<p>Because of a polio epidemic, shy 16-year-old Garnet Richardson is sent to a lake resort to live with distant relatives for the summer.\u00a0 Her dreams of becoming an ornithologist and visiting the local amusement park change after she meets Isabella, an outgoing flapper. Instead of following her mother\u2019s wish for her to get married, she struggles to find where her true love lies. Garnet&#8217;s entire summer is turned upside down as she transforms from a quiet girl to a rebellious woman.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin writes an intriguing story with incredibly relatable characters.\u00a0 I only wish I had access to this book when I was figuring out my own sexuality.\u00a0 I believe many teenage girls will find this book as irresistible as I did.<\/p>\n<p><em>Silhouette<\/em> is suggested for any public library&#8217;s young adult section, especially one with a large teen population. Recommended for ages 13 years and older.<\/p>\n<p>Reviewer: <strong>Talia Earle<\/strong>, MLIS Student<br \/>\nSt. Catherine University, Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molly Beth Griffin, Molly Beth. Silhouette of a Sparrow.\u00a0Milkweed Editions, 2012. Paperback. 191p. $16.95. 978-1-57131-701-8. &nbsp; Silhouette of a Sparrow is an absolute treasure of a book. As a Minnesota native passionate about the 1920s, I instantly fell in love with this coming-of-age book. Because of a polio epidemic, shy 16-year-old Garnet Richardson is sent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1164,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,18,31,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}