| 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. |
| Summary |
Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic. |
| Other edition |
Online version: Nicholson, Amerie Mi Marie, A phoenix first must burn New York : Viking Children's Books, 2020. 9781984835666 |
| Subject |
African American girls -- Fiction.
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Black people -- Fiction.
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Magic -- Fiction.
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African Americans -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Fantasy fiction.
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Science fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Add'l Names |
Caldwell, Patrice, editor.
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| Other Uniform title |
Short stories. Selections
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| Other title |
Sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance and hope |
| ISBN |
9781984835659
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1984835653
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