It's a poignant novel, enriched by expressive writing and credible characters. After a letter arrives from her father, an American sailor who's on a tour of duty, Susanna plaintively wonders, “Why would a father not drop everything to hurry to his daughter?” Pina holds out hope when she learns that her mother lives nearby yet can't care for her and has withheld permission for her daughter to be adopted (“I belong to someone. Though each discovers she has a birth parent alive, the author realistically steers clear of a pat, feel-good resolution. Golden-haired Pina thinks her mischievous behavior is the problem, while Susanna believes her dark skin is to blame. by Carolyn Marsden Synopsis Hopes of adoption test the friendship of two girls one biracial in a lyrical novel touching on themes of identity and the meaning of home. Convinced that their parents must be dead since they haven't come for them, the girls long to be adopted, but prospective parents haven't selected either of them. A brave 13-year-old girl argued with a rapist who grabbed her as she cycled on her bike and told him you make me sick after he asked her age, a court. A decade after the end of WWII, best friends Susanna and Pina are being raised by nuns in a Naples home for girls who were abandoned as babies. Marsden ( The Gold-Threaded Dress ) again deftly weaves a multicultural thread into her. ) again deftly weaves a multicultural thread into her fiction. Candlewick, 14.99 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-7636-3739-2.
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