Because It Is My Blood
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- £3.99
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
From the bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin, comes the second in the futuristic, thrilling Birthright trilogy. Anya Balanchine is the reluctant heir to a Mafia boss, and her own family is out to get her . . .
Freed from jail, Anya Balanchine finds life on the outside is even more dangerous than behind bars. Some of her gangland family want revenge for the shooting of her uncle and, as she is forced to flee the country, things are far from the normal life she desired.
Anya hides out in a cacao plantation in Mexico, where she learns the secrets of the illegal and deadly chocolate trade. There she learns that the seemingly random acts of violence back home have a single target – her family.
As bystanders get caught in the crossfire, Anya must act fast and decisively. Meddling back into the Balanchine's world of crime and chocolate would not be without consequences. Innocent lives will be placed in her hands . . .
Because It Is My Blood is the second book in the Birthright series, which began with All These Things I've Done and concludes with In the Age of Love and Chocolate.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this second installment of Zevin's Birthright series, following All These Things I've Done and set in the late 21st century, Anya Balanchine faces additional tragedy and danger as she increases her involvement with her late father's illegal chocolate business. After escaping from Liberty Children's Facility, Anya travels incognito to Mexico, where she is schooled in the production of chocolate and taken under the wing of a family of cacao growers. When a failed attempt on Anya's life sends her fleeing back to New York City, she has some hard choices to make. Her decision to stay in the family business and turn her father's underground chocolate sales into an aboveboard operation is met with resistance on both sides of her law. The line between Anya's friends and foes grows blurry as she attempts to weed out traitors and discover who has tried to harm her and her family. Discerning characters' true motives will keep readers guessing, and the conflicting forces within Anya add an extra dimension of drama to this action-packed sequel. Ages 12 up.
