In the Shadow of Blackbirds (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781419710230)

In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion. Sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches as desperate mourners flock to s ances and spirit photographers for comfort, but she herself has never believed in ghosts. At her bleakest moment, however, she's forced to rethink her entire way of looking at life and death, for her first love--a boy who died in battle--returns in spirit form. But what does he want from her?Featuring haunting archival early-20th-century photographs, this is a tense, romantic story set in a past that is eerily like our own time.

Author: Cat Winters
ISBN-10: 1419710230
ISBN-13: 9781419710230
Publisher: Amulet Books
Language: English
Published: 10/07/2014
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 164373 / In the Shadow of Blackbirds

About the Author
Cat Winters is the author of In the Shadow of Blackbirds, which received three starred reviews and was a finalist for YALSA's Morris Award for debut YA fiction. She grew up near Disneyland in Southern California. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family.