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The Wingshooters |
by Nina Revoyr
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Book Review |
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(by Linda)
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Life in a small town can be oppressive and constricting - its residents wary and
unwelcoming of strangers, change and dissimilar thoughts. This is the backdrop for
"The Wingshooters." The story centers on a young biracial Japanese-American girl who is
left to live with her white grandparents in a rural Wisconsin town. It's a beautiful
coming-of-age story about feeling like an outsider and learning to live with the conflict
that arises when the people you love are bigoted and flawed. Recommend for those who
enjoy literary fiction that provokes thought and stirs emotion.
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Book Summary |
Michelle LeBeau, the child of a white American father and a Japanese mother, lives with her
grandparents in Deerhorn, Wisconsin-a small town that had been entirely white before her
arrival. Rejected and bullied, Michelle spends her time reading, avoiding fights, and
roaming the countryside with her English Springer Spaniel, Brett. She idolizes her
grandfather, Charlie LeBeau, an expert hunter and former minor league baseball player who
is one of the town's most respected men. Charlie strongly disapproved of his son's marriage
to Michelle's mother but dotes on his only grandchild, whom he calls Mikey.
This fragile peace is threatened when the expansion of the local clinic leads to the arrival of the Garretts, a young Black couple from Chicago. Betty Garrett is hired as a nurse, and her husband, Joe, works as a substitute teacher at the elementary school. Their presence deeply upsets most of the residents-especially when Mr. Garrett makes a controversial accusation against one of the town leaders, Charlie's best friend. In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird, A River Runs Through It, and Snow Falling on Cedars, Nina Revoyr's novel examines the effects of change on a small, isolated town, the strengths and limits of community, and the sometimes conflicting loyalties of family and justice. |
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