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Synopsis
Ever since the night he found her battered and raped in the alley near his home, Thulani has not been able to thing of anything else but Ysa. This is the first time since his mother died that Thulani has given a thought to anything but the rock doves he keeps on the roof of his house in Brooklyn. With his father in Jamaica and his older brother always wanting to "man him up," the only place he finds soalce is near the sky with his birds. Now that he has seen Ysa, Thulani finally has a reason to come down from the roof. But it's not so easy for him—especially when it seems that Ysa doesn't want him in her world at all.
In this long-awaited, deeply affecting novel, award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia celebrates the healing power of love.
About the Author:
Winner of the PEN/Norma Klein Award, Rita Williams-Garcia is the author of three distinguished novels for young adults:Blue Tights: Fast Talk on a Slow Truck, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; and Like Sisters on the Homefront, which was named a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and a best book of the year by ALA Booklist, The Horn Book, School Library Journal, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, and Publishers Weekly. She lives in Jamaica, NY.
Riverbank Review
One of the most powerful new voices in young adult literature, Garcia explores loss and love, identity, and self-determination...