Book
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Teen Collection
- OSHTEMO: Teen Collection
Black dove, white raven
Call Number
- FICTION WEIN TEEN (CEN, OSH)
Publication Information
Los Angeles ; New York : Hyperion, 2015.
Physical Description
357 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
Emilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo according to his late mother's wishes -- in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the color of his skin. But in 1930s America, a white woman raising a black adoptive son alongside a white daughter is too often seen as a threat. Seeking a home where her children won't be held back by ethnicity or gender, Rhoda brings Em and Teo to Ethiopia, and all three fall in love with the beautiful, peaceful country. But that peace is shattered by the threat of war with Italy, and teenage Em and Teo are drawn into the conflict. Will their devotion to their country, its culture and people, and each other be their downfall or their salvation?
Subjects
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 > Juvenile fiction.
- Siblings > Juvenile fiction
- Air pilots > Juvenile fiction.
- Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
- Adoption > Juvenile fiction.
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 > Fiction.
- Americans > Ethiopia > Fiction.
- Siblings > Fiction
- Air pilots > Fiction.
- Adventure and adventurers > Fiction.
- Race relations > Fiction.
- Adoption > Fiction.
- Ethiopia > History > 1889-1974 > Juvenile fiction.
- Ethiopia > History > 1889-1974 > Fiction.