The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Leslye Walton
Young Adult / Fantasy
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
by Leslye Walton
—· 300 p· 2014
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Overview
About
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.
Pages
300
Walker Books
Linguistic complexity
3/5
Moderate
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Emotional depth9
Magical Realism9
Prose8
Narration8
Family Tragedy8
Worldbuilding7
Pacing7
Plot twists6
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