A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope

By Patrice Caldwell

Book Overview

Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic. With stories by: Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie, Patrice Caldwell, Dhonielle Clayton, J. Marcelle Corrie, Somaiya Daud, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, L. L. McKinney, Danielle Paige, Rebecca Roanhorse, Karen Strong, Ashley Woodfolk, and Ibi Zoboi.

Evoking Beyonc '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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1984835653
• ISBN13: 9781984835659
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.7" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

This is a must-read!

This book is for the wildly imaginative, the brave and brilliant, the folks who aren't afraid to dream and fight the good fight. It's dragons and vampires and jealous friends and shy new love. It's glorious.