The Absence of Sparrows

Stranger Things meets The Stand in this haunting coming-of-age novel about a plague that brings the world to a halt—and the boy who believes that his town's missing sparrows can save his family.\nIn the small town of Griever's Mill, eleven-year-old Ben Cameron is expecting to finish off his summer of relaxing and bird-watching without a hitch. But everything goes wrong when dark clouds roll in.\nOld Man Crandall is the first to change—human one minute and a glass statue the next. Soon it's happening across the world. Dark clouds fill the sky and, at random, people are turned into frozen versions of themselves. There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no one knows how to stop it.\nWith his mom on the verge of a breakdown, and his brother intent on following the dubious plans put forth by a nameless voice on the radio, Ben must hold out hope that his town's missing sparrows will return with everyone's souls before the glass plague takes them away forever.

Children's Books

Kirchmeier, Kurt

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Handpicked by Amazon kids’ books editor, Seira Wilson, for Prime Book Box – a children’s subscription that inspires a love of reading.Stranger Things meets Alfred Hitchcock in this haunting coming-of-age novel about a plague that brings the world to a halt, and one boy's belief that his town's missing sparrows can save his family. In the small town of Griever's Mill, eleven-year-old Ben Cameron is expecting to finish off his summer of relaxing and bird-watching without a hitch. But everything goes wrong when dark clouds roll in. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #454545} Old Man Crandall is the first to change--human one minute and a glass statue the next. Soon it's happening across the world. Dark clouds fill the sky and, at random, people are turned into frozen versions of themselves. There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no one knows how to stop it. With his mom on the verge of a breakdown, and his brother intent on following the dubious plans put forth by a nameless voice on the radio, Ben must hold out hope that his town's missing sparrows will return with everyone's souls before the glass plague takes them away forever.

Stranger Things meets Alfred Hitchcock in this haunting coming-of-age novel about a plague that brings the world to a halt, and one boy's belief that his town's missing sparrows can save his family.In the small town of Griever's Mill, eleven-year-old Ben Cameron is expecting to finish off his summer of relaxing and bird-watching without a hitch. But everything goes wrong when dark clouds roll in. p.p1 {{margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #454545}} Old Man Crandall is the first to change--human one minute and a glass statue the next. Soon it's happening across the world. Dark clouds fill the sky and, at random, people are turned into frozen versions of themselves. There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, and no one knows how to stop it.With his mom on the verge of a breakdown, and his brother intent on following the dubious plans put forth by a nameless voice on the radio, Ben must hold out hope that his town's missing sparrows will return with everyone's souls before the glass plague takes them away forever.

When the World Stopped: A Collection of Infectious Stories (Owl Hollow Anthology Series)

Literature & Fiction

Byington, Diane

Annan, David

Hunter, Valerie

Berg, TJ

McSweeney, Madison

Prokopyeva, Maria

Titchenell, Fiona JR

Osmena, Cristina

Jones, Andrew Rucker

Short Stories & Anthologies

Owl Hollow Press

Frontiers: Then, Now, and Beyond (Owl Hollow Anthology Series)

Smith, Hannah

Delton, Liz

Brewington, George

Chaplinsky, Joshua

Statham, Leigh

Sperduto, Benjamin

Rodgers, Estelle

Grymes, Kimberly

Gay, Sharon Frame

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