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

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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Caldwell, Patrice (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, 2020.
Subjects:	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. Short stories. African American girls. Blacks. Magic. Young adult fiction. Young adult works. Fantasy fiction. Fiction. Juvenile works.

Table of 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.