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Gr 9 Up—A girl born with brown speckled wings, as Ava Lavender was, is surely bound to be a curiosity. In the Roux family, however, Ava is not really so strange. This multigenerational saga moves from France to New York before Emilienne, Ava's grandmother, becomes the family's sole survivor. She is accompanied by the ghosts of her deceased siblings when she moves to Seattle, where she becomes a baker. Her loveless marriage produces one child, Vivianne, who liv...Log In or Sign Up to Read More