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The strange & beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender / Leslye Walton.
"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--in all other ways a normal girl--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 Ava's quest and her family's 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."--From publisher.
Born with bird wings, Ava Lavender is well aware that love has long made fools of her family. When pious Nathaniel Sorrows mistakes her bird wings for angel wings, 16-year-old Ava faces the man's growing obsession, which comes to a head with the rain and feathers that fly through the air during a nighttime summer solstice celebration.
Record details
- ISBN: 0763665665
- ISBN: 9780763665661 (hc.) :
- ISBN: 9780763680275 (softcover)
- Physical Description: 301 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014.
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| Subject: | Teenage girls > Juvenile fiction. Courage > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Interpersonal attraction > Fiction. Wings (Anatomy) > Fiction. Coming of age > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. Fantasy. Yound adult fiction. |
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Burns Lake Public Library | JF (Text) | 35198000592825 | Junior Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | Y FIC WAL (Text) | 35146001936210 | Young Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC WAL (Text) | 35136000469735 | Young Adult | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. John Public Library | YA WAL (Text) | 35211000265571 | YOUNG ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Rossland Public Library | YA WAL (Text) | 35162000092012 | YA | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Salmo Public Library | YA WAL (Text) | 35163000090188 | Young Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| 100 Mile House Branch | WAL (Text) | 33923005292887 | Young Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Williams Lake Branch | WAL (Text) | 33923005388792 | Young Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
