Tag: Books

writingwithcolor:

Presenting a new fantasy adventure book with a Bangladeshi-American tween girl lead!

A trio of friends from New York City find themselves trapped inside a mechanical board game that they must dismantle in order to save themselves and generations of other children in this action-packed debut that’s a steampunk Jumanji with a Middle Eastern flair.

When twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand—a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik’s cube—they know it’s up to them to defeat the game’s diabolical architect in order to save themselves and those who are trapped inside, including her baby brother Ahmed. But first they have to figure out how.

Under the tutelage of a lizard guide named Henrietta Peel and an aeronaut Vijay, the Farah and her friends battle camel spiders, red scorpions, grease monkeys, and sand cats as they prepare to face off with the maniacal Lord Amari, the man behind the machine. Can they defeat Amari at his own game…or will they, like the children who came before them, become cogs in the machine? 

This book will give you a good look, from the inside, at one version of the Muslim American girl experience as well as take you through a life-size game of Mancala with holes big enough for kids to fall into, drinkable moonlight that “tastes lonely”, and a Big Frembly Lizard named Henrietta.

hello! do you know of any ya books with a) an aromantic mc or b) mcs in a polyam relationship?

queenbookwench:

ya-pride:

Hello! I certainly do. For aromantic main characters, Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie, The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee, and, when it comes out on March 1, 2019, The Last 8 by Laura Pohl.

For main characters in a polyamorous relationship, you can try That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston and This Song Is Not For You by Laura Nowlin.

Hope this helps! 

Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman, Adaptation by Malinda Lo and Stranger by Sherwood Smith and Rachel Manija Brown all have polyam relationships as well.

shiraglassman:

starlightomatic:

on another note… does anyone have recs for fantasy books with jewish characters, queer characters, or queer jewish characters?

So, besides mine (Jewish fantasy fluff with a lot of f/f), I can recommend @barrydeutsch’s Hereville graphic novels for Jewish fantasy about an Orthodox girl fighting monsters in her hometown, The Rabbi’s Cat for more fantasy set in Jewish Algeria starring exactly who it sounds like it stars, all of the free queer Jewish SFF short stories on this list, and Heather Rose Jones’s Alpennia series starting with Daughter of Mystery. This last one is 19th century Central European costume drama fantasy with magic and political intrigue, with lots of lesbians and bi women, but the Jewish character doesn’t show up until the second book (and is probably not one of the wlw.)

Here are some more recs for f/f fantasy from a post I made last month on @lesbrary

medievalpoc:

nkjemisin:

medievalpoc:

Cover Launch: How Long Til Black Future Month?

N. K. Jemisin made history by being the first person to win the Hugo
Award for Best Novel three years in a row. But now we’re looking toward
the future. What future? Why Black Future Month, of course! How Long ’Til Black Future Month is N. K. Jemisin’s very first short story collection, and we’re incredibly excited to share the cover with you. With image by CreativeSoul and design by Lauren Panapinto, this cover is truly beautiful. How Long ’Til Black Future Month will be out in both the US and UK in November. Be sure to pre-order here:

Pre-order in the US: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books-A-Million | Google Play | iBooks | Indiebound | Kobo | Chapters

Pre-order in the UK: Amazon | Google Play | iTunes | Kobo | Waterstones

Lol, I need to post more often on here. Everybody beats me to my own stuff!

this cover just blew my mind!! it’s gorgeous