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A phoenix first must burn : sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance, and hope

Caldwell, Patrice, (editor.).

Summary:

Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic.
From folktales retold to futuristic societies, this collection of stories centers on Black women and gender nonconforming individuals dealing with love and betrayal, strength and resistance. In all of them, the heroines shine brightly-- characters in which you cannot help but see yourself reflected. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781984835659
  • ISBN: 1984835653
  • Physical Description: 354 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2020.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
When life hands you a lemon fruitbomb / Amerie -- Gilded / Elizabeth Acevedo -- Wherein Abigail Fields recalls her first death and, subsequently, her best life / Rebecca Roanhorse -- The rules of the land / Alaya Dawn Johnson -- A hagiography of starlight / Somaiya Daud -- Melie / Justina Ireland -- The Goddess provides / L. L. McKinney -- Hearts turned to ash / Dhonielle Clayton -- Letting the right one in / Patrice Caldwell -- Tender-headed / Danny Lore -- Kiss the sun / Ibi Zoboi -- The actress / Danielle Paige -- The curse of love / Ashley Woodfolk -- All the time in the world / Charlotte Nicole Davis -- The witch's skin / Karen Strong -- Sequence / J. Marcelle Corrie.
Subject: African American girls > Juvenile fiction.
Blacks > Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Science fiction, American.
Magic > Fiction.
Short stories, American.
African Americans > Fiction.
Blacks > Fiction.
Fantasy.
Science fiction.
Magic > Fiction.
Short stories.
African American girls.
Blacks.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Magic.
Science fiction, American.
Short stories, American.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Young adult works.
Short stories.
Science fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Science fiction.
Short stories.
Fantasy fiction.
Science fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Short stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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