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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
In the first volume of Zevin's projected Birthright series, Anya Balanchine and Win Delacroix are "star-crossed lovers and all of that." She's the sixteen-year-old daughter of a notorious slain New York City crime boss; he's the son of the new, ambitious assistant district attorney. Their New York is a city of crime, coffee speakeasies (both caffeine and chocolate—the Balanchine family business—are illegal), and government ineptitude. It ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on September 27, 2011
Anya Annie Balanchine is a conflicted yet strong-willed sixteen-year-old with a mountain of responsibilities and a smart sense of humor. Readers will root for her from the beginning, as she publicly humiliates her despicable ex-boyfriend and begins a forbidden new friendship. The conversational narration, filtered...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




