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

Large Print 2020

"Evoking Beyoncé's Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler's heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender-nonconforming individuals. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of comple...

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African Americans Fiction

Black people Fiction

Magic Fiction

Short stories, American

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Thorndike large print young adult series Thorndike press large print young adult

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ISBN:

9781432880590

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

pages cm
large print

Target Audience Note:

Ages 12-up Thorndike Press
Grades 7-9 Thorndike Press

Contents:

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

LCCN:

2020006457

Control Number:

2921801

Other Authors:

Caldwell, Patrice, editor

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