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When Heather and Matt Campbell find 10-year-old Tatiana Rusesa on the side of the highway, she is thousands of miles away from her village in Sierra Leone. She hasn't seen her family in almost two decades, not since she and her mother were killed by rebel soldiers. Now Tatiana has inexplicably returned, a lost orphan with no place to call home. As the world dives deeper into uncertainty and chaos, Heather is determined to save Tatiana and help her find her way back to her family. But how much is she willing to lose to protect a girl she doesn't even know?

A Word Is Not A Sparrow is a diverse anthology of stories set amid Russian repression through the centuries; personal narrator testimony about the impact in America of immigrant grandparents from Ukraine and elsewhere; powerful fables and allegories that deliver universal messages about displacement, migration, and human connection; and classic Cossack folk tales that are a touchstone of Ukrainian culture. Listen as we let these words fly out around the world.

Die Geister der Vergangenheit ... Das kleine Küstendorf Sparrow's High könnte normalerweise nicht verschlafener sein, aber jetzt sind die Bewohner in heller Aufregung. Denn in der Burg Sparrow's Deep spukt es - und zwar gewaltig! Kurz bevor die Polizei eintrifft, hört der Spuk allerdings jedes Mal auf. Niemand traut sich mehr auch nur in die Nähe des Anwesens - niemand bis auf Nathalie und Louise! Die beiden sind überzeugt, dass es eine natürliche Erklärung für die unheimlichen Geräusche und Erscheinungen gibt.

Five siblings. Five obligations. Five chances at sizzling, unexpected love.