A Phoenix First Must Burn
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / General
3.9
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Patrice Caldwell
Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic.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.
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Author
Patrice Caldwell
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2020-03-10
ISBN
1984835661 9781984835666
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Tyara Oliver
"When Life Gives You A Lemon Fruitbomb by Amerie- 3 stars<br/>Gilded by Elizabeth Acevedo- 3.5 stars<br/>Wherein Abby Fields Recalls Her First Death and, Subsequently, Her Best Life by Rebecca Roanhorse- 4 stars<br/>The Rules of the Land by Alaya Dawn Johnson- 4 stars<br/>A Hagiography of Starlight by Somaiya Daud- 4 stars<br/>Melie by Justina Ireland- 5 stars<br/>The Goddess Provides by L.L. McKinney- 5 stars <br/>Heart Turned to Ash by Dhonielle Clayton- 5 stars<br/>Letting the Right One In by Patrice Caldwell- 5 stars<br/>Tender-Headed by Danny Lore- 4 stars<br/>Kiss the Sun by Ibi Zoboi- 4 stars<br/>Actress by Danielle Paige- 3 stars<br/>The Curse of Love by Ashley Woodfolk- 3 stars<br/>All the Time in the World by Charlotte Nicole Davis- 3.5 stars<br/>The Witch’s Skin by Karen Strong- 3 stars<br/>Sequence by J. Marcelle Corrie- 5 stars"
Zoe
"Well written all th authors are great, although the story switches to quickly after just getting into it"
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