American Ace Author:Marilyn Nelson Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Toni Morrison, this novel in verse explores American history and race through the eyes of a teen boy embracing his newfound identity. — — Connor?s grandmother leaves his dad a letter when she dies, and the letter?s confession shakes their tight-knit Italian-American family: The man who raised Dad is not... more » his birth father.
But the only clues to this birth father?s identity are a class ring and a pair of pilot?s wings. And so Connor takes it upon himself to investigate?a pursuit that becomes even more pressing when Dad is hospitalized after a stroke. What Connor discovers will lead him and his father to a new, richer understanding of race, identity, and each other.« less