Tackles the horrific Armenian genocide with graceful verse, lending it gravitas yet making it accessible to younger (14+) readers. I was pleased to finally find a YA novel in verse that wasn't about drug abuse or self-mutilation, but this topic was definitely as heavy. I don't think this will be a book casual readers will pick up, because while Walrath deftly weaves her story, this is one better read in a classroom setting along with concurrent history lessons. Very timely for the 100th anniversary of this tragedy that Turkey still resolutely denies ever happened.

I read also used this title to tick off my "poetry" square for my 2015 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge.