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.
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 Ra
ge
Sayantani DasGupta,
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
Tiny Pretty Things
, now a Netflix original series.
Tanaz Bhathena, award-winning author of
Hunted by the Sky
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,
bestselling author of the Jumbies series and
Minecraft: The Crash
Naz Kutub, author of
The Loophole
Nikita Gill, bestselling author of
Wild Embers
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!