Nafiza Azad

After Paheli escapes a terrible fate, a magical boy gives her access to the Between, allowing her to collect other women of color, hurt by men, and lead them when the boy is in peril.

The Wild Ones

Azad's debut YA fantasy is set in a city along the Silk Road that is a refuge for those of all faiths, where a young woman is threatened by the war between two clans of powerful djinn.

The Candle and the Flame

Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince, this gorgeous young adult fantasy follows a girl who discovers she’s spent her life under an enchantment hiding her true identity on her quest into the magical Otherworld to unlock her powers and discover her destiny. Even the most powerful magic can’t hide a secret forever. Croi is a brownie, glamoured to be invisible to humans. Her life in the Wilde Forest is ordinary and her magic is weak—until the day that her guardian gives Croi a book about magick from the Otherworld, the world of the Higher Fae. Croi wakes the next morning with something pulling at her core, summoning her to the Otherworld. It’s a spell she cannot control or break. Forced to leave her home, Croi begins a journey full of surprises…and dangers. For Croi is not a brownie at all but another creature entirely, enchanted to forget her true heritage. As Croi ventures beyond the forest, her brownie glamour begins to shift and change. Who is she really, who is summoning her, and what do they want? Croi will need every ounce of her newfound magic and her courage as she travels a treacherous path to find her true self and the place in the Otherworld where she belongs.

Road of the Lost

Writing in Color

“Utterly unique storytelling…a tale that refuses to flinch.” — Chloe Gong, New York Times bestselling author of These Violent DelightsFrom William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy about a group of teenage girls endowed with special powers who must band together to save the life of the boy whose magic saved them all. We are the Wild Ones, and we will not be silenced. We are girls who have tasted the worst this world can offer. Our story begins with Paheli, who was once betrayed by her mother, sold to a man in exchange for a favor. When Paheli escaped, she ran headlong into Taraana—a boy with stars in his eyes, a boy as battered as she was. He tossed Paheli a box of stars before disappearing. With the stars, Paheli gained access to the Between, a place of pure magic and mystery. Now, Paheli collects girls like us, and we use our magic to travel the world, helping to save other girls from our pain, our scars. When Taraana reappears, he asks for our help. Dangerous magical forces are chasing him, and they will destroy him to get his powers. We will do everything to save him—if we can. For if Taraana is no longer safe and free, neither are the Wild Ones. And that is a fate that we refuse to accept. Ever again.

Chloe Gong

Kwame Mbalia

Rory Power

Natalie C. Parker

Zoraida Córdova

Christine Day

Anna-Marie McLemore

Tessa Gratton

Holly Black

Dhonielle Clayton

L.L. McKinney

Ryan La Sala

Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Fly into these fourteen fantastic short stories about faeries and their tricky ways in Faeries Never Lie, the next Young Adult collection in the Untold Legends series edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker!

Tales to Revel In

Faeries Never Lie

Fátima vive en la ciudad de Noor, una parada próspera en la Ruta de la Seda. Allí, la música de la infinidad de idiomas que coexisten invade el aire y las personas de todas las religiones entretejen sus vidas juntas. Sin embargo, la ciudad tiene heridas de su pasado reciente, cuando la caótica tribu Djinn de los Shayateen masacró a toda la población de Noor... excepto por Fátima y dos humanas más. Ahora, bajo el gobierno de un nuevo marajá, Noor está protegida de los Shayateen por los Ifrit, los Djinn del orden y la razón, y por su comandante, Zulfikar. Pero cuando uno de los Ifrit más poderosos muere, Fátima cambia de maneras que no puede comprender, de maneras que asustan incluso a aquellos que la quieren. Con el ud en mano, terminará involucrada en los asuntos del marajá y su hermana, de Zulfikar y los Djinn, y en los peligros de un campo de batalla mágico. --Inside flap.

Hija de fuego y arena

Faeries Never Lie, the next young adult collection in the Untold Legends series edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, is filled with fourteen short stories to revel in, that center faeries of varying genders and cultures! There’s something to be said for starting your first day in faerie boarding school, for chasing a faerie through Chang’an during the Tang Dynasty, for searching for the missing part of your throuple who may have run away with a faerie prince, for descending into madness after spending countless nights plagued by the same faerie dream—and much more. Fly into this revelry filled with tricksters, lovers, monsters, and the like, in this exciting collection for those who love faeries and those who are experiencing them for the first time! Edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, Faeries Never Lie features short stories from beloved authors Nafiza Azad, Holly Black, Dhonielle Clayton, Christine Day, Chloe Gong, Tessa Gratton, Kwame Mbalia, Ryan La Sala, L.L. McKinney, Anna-Marie McLemore, Kaitlyn Sage Patterson, Rory Power.

Croi is compelled by a summoning spell leave her home in the Wilde Forest and travel into the Otherworld, where the enchantment that made her into a brownie begins to break, revealing her true identity, her hidden magick, and her forgotten heritage.

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