Page, alienated by parents who don't understand his genderqueer identity, followed Barclay into the woods, intent on helping his friend. Barclay has spent a year as a bear, roaming the forest in the wake of a violent family conflict. When the swans arrive on an autumn day to take their tithe, Blanca and Roja are left alone to face their fates - but then two boys they remember from their time in school wander out of the woods and into the story. She's certain there must be some way to confuse their fate, or, if all else fails, to offer herself in her sister's place. The strange and magical nature of their family keeps them apart from the rest of the town where they live, and it's so difficult for them to assimilate that their parents eventually take them out of high school.Įven though Roja has always known that she is the dark sister, and therefore the one the swans will take, Blanca refuses to accept it. It's been this way for generations and generations of their family - there is always a "good" sister who will live out her human life, and the other, darker sister, who will fly away, never to see her family again. Sisters Blanca and Roja del Cisne have always known that one of them is doomed to become a swan. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Blanca & Roja Author Anna-Marie McLemore
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