American Ace
Publisher
Dial Books
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9780803733053
Pages
128 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel in verse
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Sixteen-year-old Connor tries to help his severely depressed father, who learned upon his mother's death that Nonno was not his biological father, by doing research that reveals Dad's father was probably a Tuskegee Airman.
Grade Level
6-8, 9-12
Lexile Measure
780L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Family member death; Biracial; Multiracial; Illness; death of a grandmother; biracial adult; mixed race family; stroke
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Black (African American) / White
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
Kirkus Book Review Stars, October 1, 2015
Cybils Awards, 2016, Nominee, Poetry
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2017 Ages (12 to 14)
Keywords
family life; fathers and sons; Tuskegee Airmen; hospital; truth; identity; research; recovery
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Nelson, Marilyn, "American Ace" (2016). Diverse Families. 39.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/39