Black Helicopters

by Blythe Woolston

Book Overview

A teenage girl. A survivalist childhood. And now a bomb strapped to her chest. See the world through her eyes in this harrowing and deeply affecting literary thriller. "I m Valkyrie White. I m fifteen. Your government killed my family." Ever since Mabby died while picking beans in their garden with the pock-a-pock of a helicopter overhead four-year-old Valley knows what her job is: hide in the underground den with her brother, Bo, while Da is working,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763661465
• ISBN13: 9780763661465
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher