Book
The strange & beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender / Leslye Walton. --
Record details
- ISBN: 0763665665
- ISBN: 9780763665661
- Physical Description: 301 p. : ill.
- Edition: 1st ed. --
- Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 20.00 |
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| Subject: | Teenage girls > Fiction. Twins > Fiction. Brothers and sisters > Fiction. Identity (Psychology) > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Wings (Anatomy) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Magic realism (Literature) |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | YA Walto | 31681002548030 | YADULT | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Born with bird wings into a family cursed to be foolish in love, sixteen-year-old Ava delves into her family's past hoping to understand her unusual nature and learn to fit in with her peers, but she is ill-prepared for what she discovers. - Baker & Taylor
Born with wings into a family cursed to suffer foolish love affairs, 16-year-old Ava struggles to fit in with the outside world, being ill-prepared for and naive about the twisted motives of others, including a pious man who obsessively believes she is an angel. A first novel. - Random House, Inc.
A New York Times bestseller!
A 2015 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist
Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga.
Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most recent progeny, Ava Lavender. Ava â in all other ways a normal girl â is born with the wings of a bird. In a quest to understand her peculiar disposition and a growing desire to fit in with her peers, sixteen-year old Ava ventures into the wider world, ill-prepared for what she might discover and naive to the twisted motives of others. Others like the pious Nathaniel Sorrows, who mistakes Ava for an angel and whose obsession with her grows until the night of the summer solstice celebration. That night, the skies open up, rain and feathers fill the air, and Avaâs quest and her familyâs saga build to a devastating crescendo. First-time author Leslye Walton has constructed a layered and unforgettable mythology of what it means to be born with hearts that are tragically, exquisitely human.
