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Deonn, Tracy. LEGENDBORN New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, [2020] IL YA ISBN 9781534441606 |
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After the death of her mother, 16-year old Bree Matthews is consumed with guilt and grief. She enrolls at an Early College program for talented high schoolers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, but it’s not quite the idyllic experience she was hoping for. Her very first night on campus, she witnesses a magical attack that opens her eyes to a secret society of “Legendborn” students who hunt down demons. One of them, a mesmerist called Merlin, unlocks Bree’s own magic and a hidden memory from the night her mother died. Bree will do anything to discover the truth, even infiltrating the Order of the Round Table as its only Black initiate, with the help of a new friend (and maybe more?) who has his own problems with the *Also recommended for grades 7 and 8 group. When Bree learns that a magical war is brewing, she realizes that she may have to fight alongside the group she hoped to take down. Legendborn is a fresh fantasy spin on the legend of King Arthur! (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2021-2022) |
| SUBJECTS: Secret societies -- Fiction. Genealogy -- Fiction. Demonology -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Colleges and universities -- Fiction. Magic -- Fiction. North Carolina -- Fiction. Fantasy. |
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