The Trials of King Sparrow

I listened to the Audible version of this book.This was a terrific 'read'!The story is of King Sparrow and his flock.There is love, betrayal and magic, all told from King Sparrows viewpoint.I believe that this would be aimed towards YA boys,but I would have loved it as a girl.James Romick was fine a......more

This was a very bizarre book. I went into it expecting a children’s/middle grade read, along the lines of Redwall, but it definitely is not for children. There are some very graphic and gory descriptions in places - eyes getting pecked out and deaths of various creatures. I read a couple reviews tha......more

A very odd animal story that gets even odder as it goes. Told from the viewpoint of a self-obsessed and very aggressive sparrow.......more

Take equal parts Watership Down and traditional fairy tales, and add a strong dash of Ovid, and what you get is pretty close to Bill Meeks' The Trials of King Sparrow. Another way to describe the story — or the first half, at any rate — is to imagine a BBC nature documentary, but told from the first......more