LEGENDBORN, by Tracy Deonn, tells the story of 16-year-old Bree Matthews, whose mom has died recently in a car accident, leaving mother and daughter without a chance to resolve the fight they were having. Bree had just been accepted to UNC-Chapel HIll’s Early College program, but her mom was fiercely opposed to letting her go.
Three months later, now in residence at Chapel Hill, Bree is having difficulty coping with her grief. When she sneaks out to an off-campus party, she witnesses “an impossible monster that somehow [feeds] off humans,” and the “Kingsmage” who turns it into green dust. Unwittingly, Bree has found monsters, magic, and the Legendborn—actual descendants of King Arthur and his knights—and the more she becomes entangled with them, the more she wants to use her own newfound magic to take them down. Or to join them. And what, if anything, does all this have to do with her mother?
In LEGENDBORN, Deonn has wonderfully reimagined the King Arthur legend, blended in a deeply personal story of “Black motherhood and daughterhood, and the ways that grief and history walk beside us,” and enriched the whole thing with a magic inspired by African American history and spiritual traditions. It’s a thrilling and unique page-turner. Don’t miss out!
--Lynn
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