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Magic Has No Borders by Samira Ahmed

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Magic Has No Borders

Samira Ahmed, Sona Charaipotra, Sabaa Tahir

HarperCollins · Hardcover · May 23, 2023

Reading lane: Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens

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.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Border-Crossing Tales

A compact, serious-minded sampler for when you want folklore with a passport stamp.

Come here for

  • border-crossing fairy-tale voices
  • short-form, anthology-style reading

Expect

  • teen-leaning framing
  • Asia-centered anthology cues

Book Details

Authors
Samira Ahmed, Sona Charaipotra, Sabaa Tahir
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 23, 2023
Format
Hardcover
Theme
Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens · Ethnic & Regional Fairy Tales for Teens
Reading lane
Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens

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Publisher Categories

  • Coming of Age

  • Diverse YA Fiction

  • Fairy Tale Anthologies for Teens

  • YA Fantasy

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  • Asia for Teens

  • Contemporary YA Romance

  • YA Romance - LGBTQ+

  • YA Science Fiction

About This Book

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 o...

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

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