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• Children of Blood and Bone

  Adeyemi, Tomi,

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  Coming of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, Zelie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Amari and the Night Brothers

  Alston, B. B.,

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  Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician. (First in series.) Also available as an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sleep Like Death

  Bayron, Kalynn,

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  Able to conjure weapons from nature, Princess Eve, who has been raised to destroy the Knight, an evil sorcerer, as she approaches her 17th birthday, learns a shocking truth about her past and must find the courage to fight, hoping it's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths. Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook.

• Wicked as You Wish

  Chupeco, Rin,

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  Years after the evil Snow Queen desolated the magical kingdom of Avalon, Prince Alexei, his friend Tala, and a ragtag band, inspired by the appearance of the Firebird, try to reclaim their land. (First in series.) Also available as an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Panther. A Nation Under Our Feet, 1

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi,

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  When a violent superhuman terrorist group known as The People spark a violent uprising in Wakanda, T'Challa fights to unite his citizens and show them how to adapt in order for Wakanda to survive. (First in series and This is the first of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legendborn

  Deonn, Tracy,

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  Wanting to escape her previous life after the accidental death of her mother, 16-year-old Bree enrolls in a program for high school students at the local university before her witness to a magical attack reveals her undiscovered powers as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elatsoe

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  Elatsoe lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Witches Steeped in Gold

  Smart, Ciannon,

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  Two enemy witches must enter into a deadly alliance to take down a tyrant who threatens both their worlds-with unpredictable results. (First in series.)

• Cemetery Boys

  Thomas, Aiden,

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  Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family. Also available as an e-book and e-audiobook.

• Alif the Unseen

  Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-

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  Forced underground when his ex-lover's new fiance breaches his computer, putting him and his clients in jeopardy, young Arab-Indian hacker and shielder Alif discovers the secret book of the jinn and uses its insights to enable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ruin Road

  Giles, Lamar, 1979-

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  High school football player Cade Webster buys a ring in a pawn shop, but when his wish that people stop acting scared of him seems to be coming true, he remembers the ring came with a warning--"When the strangeness begins, come back"-- and…Read moreRead more of this annotation