Why the Sparrow Cries

<p>Harper hates crowds and has a strong distaste for humanity in general. A summer spent in the bustling city of London was not on her bucket list-especially not tagging along behind her nagging mother.</p><p> </p><p>But when a teen from the Greek Dark Ages mysteriously appears in the very crowded British Museum Harper decides to rescue the boy who's even more out of place-and time-than she is. With the help of her uncle they'll need to keep Homer away from the British authorities evade a tomb-robbing ex-archeologist and figure out how to get this Palikari man back to his own time before he's captured.</p><p> </p><p>As they escape near-kidnappings terrible yogurt drinks and Harper's mother's lectures Harper finds herself warming up to Homer. Something that hasn't happened with anyone since the incident with her father back in Arizona.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Will she learn to love again? Or will an ex-archeologist snag the historical find of the millennium-and the only person she's felt safe around in years?</p>