Magic Has No Borders
HarperCollins · Hardcover · May 23, 2023
From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience.
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- Who it’s for
- A compact, serious-minded sampler for when you want folklore with a passport stamp.
- Genres
- Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens, YA Short Stories, YA Fantasy
- Published
- HarperCollins, May 23, 2023
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From chudails and peris to jinn and goddesses, this lush collection of South Asian folklore, legends, and epics reimagines stories of old for a modern audience. This fantasy and science fiction teen anthology edited by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra contains a wide range of stories from fourteen bestselling, award-winning, and emerging writers from the South Asian diaspora that will surprise, delight, and move you. So read on, for after all, magic has no borders.
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A pair of star-crossed lovers search for a way back to one another against all odds . . . A girl fights for her life against a malignant, generations-old evil . . . A peri seeks to reclaim her lost powers . . . A warrior rebels against her foretold destiny . . . With stories by: - Sabaa Tahir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ember in the Ashes series and winner of the National Book Award and Printz Award for All My Rage - Sayantani DasGupta, New York Times bestselling author of the Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond series - Preeti Chhibber, author of Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma - Sona Charaipotra, author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce and coauthor of The Rumor Game and Tiny Pretty Things, now a Netflix original series. - Tanaz Bhathena, award-winning author of Hunted by the Sky and Of Light and Shadow - Sangu Mandanna, bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and the Celestial Trilogy - Olivia Chadha, author of Rise of the Red Hand - Nafiza Azad, author of William C. Morris Award nominee The Candle and the Flame - Tracey Baptiste, New York Times bestselling author of the Jumbies series and Minecraft: The Crash - Naz Kutub, author of The Loophole - Nikita Gill, bestselling author of Wild Embers and Fierce Fairytales - Swati Teerdhala, author of the Tiger at Midnight trilogy - Shreya Ila Anasuya, New Voices selection - Tahir Abrar, New Voices selection A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year for Teens 2023!
Border-Crossing Tales
A compact, serious-minded sampler for when you want folklore with a passport stamp.
Come here for
- border-crossing fairy-tale voices
- short-form, anthology-style reading
Expect
- teen-leaning framing
- Asia-centered anthology cues
Where it sits
| Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens | 57% |
|---|---|
| YA Short Stories | 55% |
| YA Fantasy | 35% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- Diverse YA Fiction
- Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens
- YA Fantasy
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- Asia for Teens
- Contemporary YA Romance
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- YA Science Fiction
- Authors
- Samira Ahmed, Sona Charaipotra, Sabaa Tahir
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 23, 2023
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age