American Ace

by Marilyn Nelson

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This riveting novel in verse, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Toni Morrison, explores American history and race through the eyes of a teenage boy embracing his newfound identity
 
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.
  • ISBN10 0803733054
  • ISBN13 9780803733053
  • Publish Date 12 January 2016
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group
  • Imprint Rocky Pond Books