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Chargement... American Ace (édition 2016)par Marilyn Nelson (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Short chapters move this story along quickly. I want to say it is a story about family secrets, but in most book review that would mean other people knew except for the main characters. In this book, the secret was held only by the 2 grandparents, and not revealed until the last one died. That secret, however, cast doubt on their first son's racial heritage. Told from the point of view of the teen-aged grandson, who gets interested in finding out about who his dad's biological father really was. In the process, the reader learns a lot about the first Black Americans to be pilots in WWII: The Tuskegee Airmen. The father takes a DNA test which confirms his mother's secret. The loving support of his half-siblings reassures him he is still family. Read as an audiobook--I had no idea it was written in verse, but that does explain the pauses and slowness of the narration. Nelson approached writing this book by directing it at young readers who never heard of the Tuskegee Airmen. The book and topic are approachable with each chapter taking one page. Readers unfamiliar with the Tuskegee Airmen may be inspired by the text and four photographs to pursue further information. An author's note explains her inspiration. Connor Bianchini is sixteen years old when his grandmother dies and he discovers that his grandfather isn't his biological grandfather. His grandmother had had a relationship with an American soldier, known only as Ace, stationed in Italy during WW2. Armed with only his grandmother's letter, a class ring, and a pair of wings, Connor tries to find out more about his family's history. Anyway, although it was a little disappointing to not have closure at the end of the book, I still thought that it was a good read. The book is short - only 123 pages, and about half of those are blank except for a few words. The remainder of the book is written in verse, which makes the book go by even faster. I would have enjoyed a longer book, but I really liked what was written. Connor isn't an annoying narrator, and he seems very real and relatable. I would recommend this book to younger YA readers (ages 12-14), especially those interested in American history. Even as an adult, however, I enjoyed this book. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Sixteen-year-old Connor tries to help his severely depressed father, who learned upon his mother's death that Nonno was not his biological father, by doing research that reveals Dad's father was probably a Tuskegee Airman. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I think I would have liked it better if it had been a bit longer. The poems are only on the right side of the book, so it was a really short read. I think it took me no longer than 30 minutes.
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