Every time a rainbow dies / Rita Williams-Garcia.
After seeing a girl raped and becoming obsessed with her, sixteen-year-old Thulani finds motivation to move beyond his interest in his birds and his grief over his mother's death.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063079267
- ISBN: 0063079267
- Physical Description: 161, 6 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First Quill Tree books edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | 640L Lexile Decoding demand: 93 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 89 (very high) Structure demand: 86 (very high) Lexile |
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Genre: | Young adult fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | YA WIL 2021 (Text) | 0002205470327 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Every Time a Rainbow Dies
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Summary
Every Time a Rainbow Dies
From Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia, Every Time a Rainbow Dies is a moving, lyrical, and diverse love story--perfect for fans of One Crazy Summer who are ready for an older voice. Dreamy Thulani spends most of his time up on the roof, taking care of the flock of doves in the cote and watching the streets of Brooklyn bustle below him. He is up there on the day he sees a girl being brutally attacked in an alley. Though the girl makes it clear she wants nothing more to do with him after he helps her home, he can't stop thinking about her. Is she okay What is her name Would she be scared if he tried to talk to her Suddenly, for the first time since his mother died, Thulani finally has a reason to come down from the roof. But as much as he wants to care for this girl, Ysa--more fragile and fiercer than his birds--she will not trust easily. Is it possible to shelter someone who needs to be free First published in 2001, the novel has now been repackaged with gorgeous new cover art. Previously available only as an e-book, this remarkable novel is now back in print!