The Game of Love and Death

by Martha Brockenbrough

Book Overview

Not since The Book Thief has the character of Death played such an original and affecting part in a book for young people.

Flora and Henry were born a few blocks from each other, innocent of the forces that might keep a white boy and an African American girl apart; years later they meet again and their mutual love of music sparks an even more powerful connection. But what Flora and Henry don't know is that they are pawns in a game played...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545924227
• ISBN13: 9780545924221
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

Unique read

This is like a Gaiman-lite novel. The characters of Love and Death are unique voices here, and the storyline moves well. It’s hard to read a book about interracial romance without a high degree of skepticism around the author’s experiences and perspectives, so that was distracting to me.