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Williams-Garcia, Rita

Every Time a Rainbow Dies

166 pp. | HarperCollins | January, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-688-16245-2 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-06-029202-4 $$15.89
(1) YA Despite its gritty milieu and violent central motif, this is a love story. Sixteen-year-old Jamaican-born Thulani's only friends are the pigeons on the roof of the Brooklyn brownstone he shares with his brother and sister-in-law. He witnesses a rape from the roof; after he intercedes on the victim's behalf, he becomes obsessed with her. Well-observed and subtle, this novel artfully interplays harsh urban realities with adolescent innocence.
Reviewer: Nell Beram | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2001

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