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

Summary: Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic.

Item details

ISBN: 9781984835659
ISBN: 1984835653
ISBN: 9781984835666
Physical Description: print
354 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Viking, 2020.

Contents / Notes

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.

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Subject:

African American girls Juvenile fiction
Blacks Juvenile fiction
Fantasy fiction, American
Science fiction, American
Magic Fiction
Short stories, American
African Americans Fiction
Black people Fiction
Fantasy
Science fiction
Magic Fiction
Short stories
African American girls
Blacks
Fantasy fiction, American
Magic
Science fiction, American
Short stories, American

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Short stories.
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Short stories.

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