“I dreamt of doves last night. Their white creamy bodies elongating and turning to smoke, molding to maldeados.” Ofelia and Delfi, twin sisters, have never been allowed to get involved with their magic. Their Mami has seen to that. Their family line is cursed, turning love into poison. They both know that romance is off…
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The Deep by Rivers Solomon
“Forgetting was not the same as healing.” Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners—who live idyllic lives in the deep. Their past, too traumatic to be remembered regularly, is forgotten by everyone, save one—the historian. This demanding role has been bestowed on Her. She…
In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
“…what’s harder is being yourself so completelythat there is still a ‘you’no matter theform you hold.” The city of Ora uses a complex living network called the Gleaming to surveil its inhabitants and maintain harmony. Anima is one of the extrasensory humans tasked with watching over Ora’s citizens, but ær world is restricted to what…
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
“If you work hard and follow the law, good things happen to you. The law is the light, and the light shines on the worthy.” All the light in Chattana is created by one man, the Governor of the city, who appeared after the Great Fire to bring peace and order to the city. However,…
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
The Unwanted, is a graphic novel that looks at the harsh realities facing the Syrian refugee crisis. Starting in 2011, refugees started to flood out of war-torn Syria, making the dangerous journey to places like Lebanon, Turkey, and Greece. Some of the times they are welcomed with open arms to their new homes, but more…
The Great Book Wyrm 