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Not since THE BOOK THIEF has the character of Death played such an original and affecting part in a book for young people.Flora and Henry were born a few blocks from each other, innocent of the forces that might keep a white boy and an African American girl apart; years later they meet again and their mutual love of music sparks an even more powerful connection. But what Flora and Henry don't know is that they are pawns in a game played by the eternal adversaries Love and Death, here brilliantly reimagined as two extremely sympathetic and fascinating characters. Can their hearts and their wills overcome not only their earthly circumstances, but forces that have battled throughout history? In the rainy Seattle of the 1920's, romance blooms among the jazz clubs, the mansions of the wealthy, and the shanty towns of the poor. But what is more powerful: love? Or death?
About the Author
Martha Brockenbrough is the author of many books for young readers: - Frank & The Bad Surprise (Levine Querido) - Into the Bloodred Woods (Scholastic) - I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story (Little, Brown) - This Old Dog (Levine Querido) - Unpresidented: a biography of Donald Trump (Feiwel & Friends) - Cheerful Chick (Scholastic) - Alexander Hamilton: Revolutionary (Feiwel & Friends) - Love, Santa (Scholastic) - Back to School with Bigfoot & Bigfoot Wants a Little Brother (Scholastic) - The Game of Love and Death (Scholastic) - Shark Week (Feiwel & Friends) - Finding Bigfoot (Feiwel & Friends) - The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy (Scholastic) - Devine Intervention (Scholastic) She teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts and founded National Grammar Day. She has worked as a newspaper reporter, a high school teacher, and as editor of MSN.com.
