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Gr 8 Up—In her latest World War II-era novel, Wein returns to themes of aviation and the enduring bonds of platonic love and friendship. Best friends Rhoda, a white Quaker, and African American Delia were "barnstorming" pilots, a team who performed in air shows across the United States as White Raven and Black Dove, their children, Emilia and Teo, in tow. When Delia is killed...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Wein’s newest novel, set in Ethiopia in the mid-1930s, is in good company with her much-lauded Code Name Verity (rev. 5/12) and Rose Under Fire (rev. 11/13). Em (white) and Teo (black) have grown up together, their mothers American stunt-pilots who met after World War I. After Teo’s mother Delia dies in a crash, Em’s mother moves the family to Ethiopia -- in part, to fulfill Delia...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Em (white) and Teo (black) have grown up together, their mothers American stunt-pilots who met after WWI. After Teo's mothe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More