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Title A phoenix first must burn : sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance, and hope / edited by Patrice Caldwell.
Publication Info. New York : Viking Children's Books, 2020.
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 Eatonville  YA FIC PHO    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Club Central  YA FIC PHO    Check Shelves
 Washington Park  YA FIC PHO    Check Shelves
Description 354 pages ; 22 cm
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Summary Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic.
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.
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.
Added Author Caldwell, Patrice, editor.
ISBN 9781984835659 (hardcover) : $18.99
1984835653 (hardcover)
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