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American Ace

3.4/5 ( ratings)

It’s funny to think about identity. I wonder how much of us we inherit, and how much we create.

Connor’s grandmother leaves his dad a letter when she dies, and the letter’s confession shakes their tight-knit Italian American family: The man who raised Dad is not his birth father.

But the only clues to this birth father’s identity are a class ring and a pair of pilot’s wings. And so Connor takes it upon himself to investigate—a pursuit that becomes even more pressing when Dad is hospitalized after a stroke. What Connor discovers will lead him and his father to a new, richer understanding of race, identity, and each other.

In this eloquent first novel in verse by renowned poet Marilyn Nelson, she tells the story of a boy embracing his newfound genealogy and his surprising connection to American history.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Dial Books

Release: January 12, 2016

ISBN: 0803733054

ISBN 13: 9780803733053

American Ace

3.4/5 ( ratings)

It’s funny to think about identity. I wonder how much of us we inherit, and how much we create.

Connor’s grandmother leaves his dad a letter when she dies, and the letter’s confession shakes their tight-knit Italian American family: The man who raised Dad is not his birth father.

But the only clues to this birth father’s identity are a class ring and a pair of pilot’s wings. And so Connor takes it upon himself to investigate—a pursuit that becomes even more pressing when Dad is hospitalized after a stroke. What Connor discovers will lead him and his father to a new, richer understanding of race, identity, and each other.

In this eloquent first novel in verse by renowned poet Marilyn Nelson, she tells the story of a boy embracing his newfound genealogy and his surprising connection to American history.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Dial Books

Release: January 12, 2016

ISBN: 0803733054

ISBN 13: 9780803733053

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