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Black Bird, Blue Road by Pasternack, Sofiya, author is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Black Bird, Blue Road about?

Pasternack shows how Ziva's love of justice drives her, while depicting a world in which spirits are manifest, healers come in many forms, and a bold girl can literally bargain with the Angel of Death. Tenderly rendering Ziva's feelings of responsibility-including around Pesah's physical care and amputating his infected fingers and toes-Pasternack imagines a rich, omen-filled journey that powerfully shows love and its limits. - Publishers Weekly (starred review)Pasternak's historical fantasy weaves Jewish mythology and traditions into this heroine's journey that asks readers to contemplate issues of life and death. Readers will be intrigued by the ravens that follow Pesah everywhere, the details of the city of Luz (where no one dies), and Pesah's vision that the Angel of Death will visit him on Rosh Hashanah. This works as an adventure, but it should also prompt discussions about the ethics of preserving life at all costs. - Kay Weisman - Booklist (starred review)Pasternack's story is rich in the rhythms, values, and deep magic of Jewish culture and life in the Turkic Jewish empire of Khazaria. It revels in an often overlooked mythology, deploying exciting fantasy elements with eas

Who reads Black Bird, Blue Road?

Author

Pasternack, Sofiya, author

Publisher

New York, NY: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780358572039

Category

children's

Subjects

Children'S, Juvenile

Rating

4.3 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14