Legendborn

<b>An Instant <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller!</b><BR> <b>Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award</b><BR> <BR><b>Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich m ...

<b>An Instant <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller!</b><BR> <b>Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award</b><BR> <BR><b>Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn&rsquo;s YA contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and &ldquo;braids together Southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief, power, and self-discovery&rdquo; (Dhonielle Clayton, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Belles</i>).</b><BR><BR>After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC&#8211;Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape&#8212;until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.<BR> <BR>A flying demon feeding on human energies.<BR> <BR>A secret society of so called &ldquo;Legendborn&rdquo; students that hunt the creatures down.<BR> <BR>And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a &ldquo;Merlin&rdquo; and who attempts&#8212;and fails&#8212;to wipe Bree&rsquo;s memory of everything she saw.<BR> <BR>The mage&rsquo;s failure unlocks Bree&rsquo;s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there&rsquo;s more to her mother&rsquo;s death than what&rsquo;s on the police report, she&rsquo;ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.<BR> <BR>She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society&rsquo;s secrets&#8212;and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur&rsquo;s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she&rsquo;ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down&#8212;or join the fight.