Sparrow, Always

By Gail Donovan, Elysia Case (Illustrator)

Part of the Sparrow Being Sparrow series

A girl obsessed with helping a guide dog risks losing her focus in school.

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160 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Sparrow is thrilled to help her new neighbor's service-dog-in-training, Toby. But as her fascination with Toby grows, her schoolwork suffers, and she faces the possibility of losing her walking privileges with him. Now, Sparrow must navigate her own challenges, meeting with a school social worker and joining a 'friendship group.' Can Sparrow learn to accept help and balance her responsibilities, or will her obsession with helping Toby cost her more than she anticipated? Discover if Sparrow can remain the helper or if she must become the one who needs help.

From the publisher

In this heartwarming companion to Sparrow Being Sparrow and Sparrow Spreads Her Wings, Sparrow wants to help the guide-dog-in-training next door pass his test but soon finds she may be the one in need of help when she has difficulty staying on task in school. Yellow daffodils and dandelions are blooming, and a new neighbor is moving into the unit next door to Sparrow’s, along with a service-dog-in-training named Toby. Sparrow soon falls in love with Toby and gets involved with helping him pass his service dog test. In fact, she gets so obsessed with learning about service dogs that she can’t focus on what she’s supposed to be doing in school, and soon Toby’s not the only one who needs to worry about getting tested. Now Sparrow has to meet with the school social worker alongside some kids in “friendship group,” even though she doesn’t need any new friends. Sparrow is used to being the one to help others, but she’s having more and more trouble staying on task in class; and if she messes up too many times in school, she won’t be able to walk Toby anymore. Can she be the Sparrow she’s always been if she’s not the helper but the one being helped?

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