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|title=Crow Blue

|author=Adriana Lisboa

|publisher=Bloomsbury Circus

|date=October 2013

|website=http://www.adrianalisboa.com.br/en/

|summary=A beautifully narrated poetic novel, translated from Portuguese, following the journey of a young teenager as she attempts to discover the truth about her roots. What this lacks in plot, it certainly makes up for through the wonderful exploration of themes such as culture, language and relationships.

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Having lost her mother at the age of thirteen, Evangelina embarks on a quest to not only find her biological father, but to delve into the past and discover things about her mother she never knew. Set predominantly in North America and Brazil, this novel explores Vanja's journeys, both physical and emotional, as well as her relationships with key characters, in particular, that of her Mother's ex husband, Fernando. Uprooting herself when barely a teenager, Vanja leaves her home country of Brazil to live with Fernando in Colorado, the only connection she has at her disposal to enable her to trace her roots and biological family. Narrated beautifully in the first person, the reader is propelled into the thoughts and feelings of the young but courageous, determined and, at times, very wise, adolescent girl.