A Phoenix First Must Burn

Name: A Phoenix First Must Burn
Brand: Penguin Books / Viking Books for Young Readers
SKU: 9781984835673-PRUSDTR-US
Price: 66.0 HKD
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Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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368 pages • 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.96 in

Approx. weight: 0.74 lb

Publication date: 09 Mar,2021

Barcode: 9781984835673 • Penguin Books / Viking Books for Young Readers

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Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General modern and contemporary fiction
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples

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Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic.

With stories by: Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie, Patrice Caldwell, Dhonielle Clayton, J. Marcelle Corrie, Somaiya Daud, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, L. L. McKinney, Danielle Paige, Rebecca Roanhorse, Karen Strong, Ashley Woodfolk, and Ibi Zoboi.

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 complex and true-to-life characters in which you cannot help but see yourself reflected. Witches and scientists, sisters and lovers, priestesses and rebels: the heroines of A Phoenix First Must Burn shine brightly. You will never forget them.