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The game of Love and Death

In Seattle in 1937 two seventeen-year-olds, Henry, who is white, and Flora, who is African-American, become the unwitting pawns in a game played by two immortal figures, Love and Death, where they must choose each other at the end, or one of them will die.

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Main Author: Brockenbrough, Martha (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Young adult fiction.
Race relations > Young adult fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) > History > 20th century > Young adult fiction.
Love > Young adult fiction.
Death > Young adult fiction.
African Americans > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:In Seattle in 1937 two seventeen-year-olds, Henry, who is white, and Flora, who is African-American, become the unwitting pawns in a game played by two immortal figures, Love and Death, where they must choose each other at the end, or one of them will die.
Physical Description:329 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780545668347 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0545668344 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Martha Brockenbrough is the critically acclaimed author of the YA novels Into the Bloodred Woods , The Game of Love and Death , and Devine Intervention ; the middle grade novel To Catch a Thief ; and numerous nonfiction titles, picture books, and chapter books. She teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, their two daughters, two dogs, and two cats. You can visit her online at marthabrockenbrough.com.

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