03123cam a2200457 i 4500 211938506 TxAuBib 20150409120000.0 130730s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013946615 9780763665661 hbk.) (reinforced trade ed. 0763665665 hbk.) (reinforced trade ed. (OCoLC)864829009 TxAuBib rda Walton, Leslye J., (Leslye Jo Anne.) The strange & beautiful sorrows of Ava Lavender [Print] / Leslye Walton. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014. 301 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Family tree inside. Accelerated Reader level 6.8 points 12. Seattle, Washington (United States), France, Manhattan, New York City, New York (United States.) 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 naïve 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. 14 and UP. 20150409. William C. Morris YA Debut Award Nominee (2015), Andre Norton Award Nominee (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2014), PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (2015), Tayshas Reading | Commended | Young Adult | 2015 ; William C. Morris YA Debut Award | Finalist | Young Adult Literature | 2015 ; Literary Award | Winner | Children/Young Adult | 2015 ; Washington State Book Award | Winner | Young Adults | 2015. Teenage girls Fiction. Teenage girls Juvenile fiction. Man-woman relationships Juvenile fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Wings Juvenile fiction. Wings Fiction. Fantasy fiction. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Multigenerational. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / General. YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / General. TXTLL