The Game of Love and Death
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780545668347
Pages
352 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
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.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
710L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Adoption; Family member death; Legal guardianship; Kinship care; Interracial; Race discrimination; Gay/Lesbian; adopted teenager; adoptive parents; death of a parent; death of a mother; death of a father; death of a grandparent; accident; loss; grandmother raising grandchild; grandmother as guardian; uncle raising niece; interracial relationship; racism; prejudice; segregation; gay; gay teenager
Main Character
female teenager; male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
African American / White
Family Formation
adoptive mother and father; grandmother
LGBTQ+
gay male
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2015, Nominee, Young Adult (Speculative Fiction)
Kirkus Prize, 2015, Finalist, Young Reader
Pacific Northwest Book Award, 2016, Winner, Children's Book
Parents' Choice Award, 2015, Gold, Fiction
Washington State Book Award, 2016, Winner, Books For Younger Readers
Best of the Best Books, 2015 Teen Fiction
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2015
Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2015 Fiction for Older Readers
Booklist Top 10 Arts Books for Youth, 2015
Booklist Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth, 2015
Booklist Top 10 Youth Romances, 2015
Bulletin Blue Ribbons, 2015 Fiction
Guide Book to Gift Books, 2016 Books for Older Readers
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2015
Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book, 2015 Young Adult
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2016 Teen
Young Adults' Choices, 2016
Keywords
Seattle; jazz; music; forbidden love; young love; game; pilot; female pilot; jazz club; airplane
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Brockenbrough, Martha, "The Game of Love and Death" (2015). Diverse Families. 1611.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1611