The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
by Leslye Walton
Young adult · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 850L · 2014
Why we'd hand it over
Lush, melancholic, and genuinely strange—a family saga that works as literary fiction and YA coming-of-age simultaneously, anchored by Ava's quiet rebellion against inherited sorrow.