A young adult anthology featuring fictional stories of everyday resistance. You might be the kind of person who stands up to online trolls. Or who marches to protest injustice. Perhaps you are #DisabledAndCute and dancing around your living room, alive and proud. Or perhaps you are the trans mentor that you wish you had when you were younger. Maybe you call out false allies, or stand up to loved ones. Maybe you speak your truth and drop the mic, or maybe you take it with you when you leave. This anthology features fictional stories--in poems, prose, and art--that reflect a slice of the varied and limitless ways that readers like you resist every day. Take the Mic's powerful collection of stories features work by literary luminaries and emerging talent alike, including Newbery-winner Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestseller Samira Ahmed, anthologist and contributor Bethany C. Morrow, Darcie Little Badger, Keah Brown, Laura Silverman, L.D. Lewis, Sofia Quintero, Ray Stoeve, Yamile Mendez, and Connie Sun, with cover and interior art by Richie Pope.

Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance

Children's Books

Silverman, Laura

Morrow, Bethany C.

Reynolds, Jason

Ahmed, Samira

Stoeve, Ray

Quintero, Sofia

Brown, Keah

Little Badger, Darcie

Méndez, Yamile Saied

Lewis, L.D.

Literature & Fiction

Arthur A. Levine Books

Two strangers find themselves inextricably tied together by inexplicable superpowers. Fighting their connection could mean destroying the world. Will the Lands survive yet another face-off with the man who's been hunting them since the moment they ignited? Stranded on a boat on the Mediterranean sea, Adam and Elakshi were hoping to experience some kind of downtime. But Agent Hardman from MI6 has found them again, and this time, he's in a position to wipe them out for good. He soon learns he's not the only one on Adam and Elakshi's tail...there's another agent in the picture, and his involvement might reveal another shocking truth about the Ignited, as well as Kittyhawk's true identity. Jumping through one hoop after another, this great chase leads them all to Istanbul, where Kittyhawk is planning her most devastating operation yet... Who will come out on the other side?

Strangelands Vol 2

Comics & Graphic Novels

Visaggio, Magdalene

Graphic Novels

Two strangers find themselves inextricably tied together by inexplicable superpowers. Fighting their connection could mean destroying the world. Opposites attract? Elakshi and Adam Land aren’t married. In fact, a month ago, they were perfect strangers, dwelling in lands foreign to one another. But now, they’re forced to remain by one another’s side, for their separation could mean the planet’s demise. Their greatest challenge is to stay together ― even if they have to tear the world apart to do so.

Strangelands Vol.1 (1)

Visaggio, Mags

A National Indie Bestseller TIME's Best 100 Fantasy Books of All Time An NPR Best Book of 2020 A Booklist's Top 10 First Novel for Youth A BookPage Best Book of 2020 A CPL "Best of the Best" Book A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020 A Buzzfeed Best YA SFF Book of 2020 A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2020 An AICL Best YA Book of 2020 A Kirkus Best YA Book of 2020 A Tor Best Book of 2020 PRAISE "Groundbreaking." --TIME "Deeply enjoyable from start to finish." --NPR "Utterly magical." --SyFyWire "Atmospheric and lyrical...a gorgeous work of art." --BuzzFeed "One of the best YA debuts of 2020. Read it." --Marieke Nijkamp FIVE STARRED REVIEWS &#9733; "A fresh voice and perspective." --Booklist, starred review &#9733; "A unique and powerful Native American voice." --BookPage, starred review &#9733; "A brilliant, engaging debut." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review &#9733; "A fast-paced murder mystery." --Publishers Weekly, starred review &#9733; "A Lipan Apache Sookie Stackhouse for the teen set." --Shelf-Awareness, starred review A Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousin's ghost and vows to unmask the murderer. Elatsoe--Ellie for short--lives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animals--most importantly, her ghost dog Kirby. When her beloved cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise: He was murdered. Who killed him and how did he die? With the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Elatsoe, must track down the killer and unravel the mystery of this creepy town and its dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started? A breathtaking debut novel featuring an asexual, Apache teen protagonist, Elatsoe combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, fantasy elements, and is one of the most-talked about debuts of the year.

Elatsoe

Teen & Young Adult

Levine Querido

A Snake Falls to Earth: Newbery Honor Award Winner

National Indie Bestseller National Book Award Longlist Minneapolis Star Tribune Best of the Year Publishers Weekly's Best of the Year Kirkus Reviews' Best the Year Apple's Best of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best New York Public Library's Best of the Year Autostraddle's Best Queer Books of the Year "Draws on her scientific training and tribal storytelling to weave a spellbinding tale."--Texas Monthly "Little Badger's new genre-bending narrative draws on her heritage and the tradition of story-telling that has informed her worldview."--TIME "Undeniably charming."--Tor.com &#9733; "Evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling."--Kirkus (starred) &#9733; "Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers."--Publishers Weekly (starred) &#9733; "Magical, stunning, and wholly original."--Booklist (starred) "A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."--School Library Connection Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. A Snake Falls to Earth is a breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism. Darcie Little Badger draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed.

One of TIME Magazine's Top 100 Fantasy Novels of All Time -- Now in Paperback! Locus Award Winner--Best First Novel &nbsp; A National Indie Bestseller Nebula Award Finalist Lodestar Award Finalist Ignyte Award Finalist TIME's Best 100 Fantasy Books of All Time NPR Best of the Year Booklist's Top 10 First Novels for Youth A BookPage Best of the Year Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best" PNBA Bestseller&nbsp; Publishers Weekly Best of the Year Buzzfeed's Best YA SFF of the Year&nbsp; Shelf-Awareness Best of the Year AICL Best YA of the Year NECBA Windows & Mirrors Selection NEIBA Award Finalist&nbsp; Tor Best of the Year Kirkus Best YA of the Year Publishers Weekly Flying Start American Indian Youth Literature Award Finalist "Groundbreaking." --TIME "Deeply enjoyable from start to finish."--NPR "Utterly magical." --SyFyWire "Atmospheric and lyrical...a gorgeous work of art."--BuzzFeed "One of the best YA debuts of 2020. Read it."--Marieke Nijkamp &#9733; "A fresh voice and perspective."--Booklist, starred review &#9733; "A unique and powerful Native American voice."-BookPage, starred review&nbsp; &#9733; "A brilliant, engaging debut."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review &#9733; "A fast-paced murder mystery."--Publishers Weekly, starred review &#9733; "A Lipan Apache Sookie Stackhouse for the teen set." --Shelf-Awareness, starred review A Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousin's ghost and vows to unmask the murderer. Elatsoe--Ellie for short--lives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animals--most importantly, her ghost dog Kirby. When her beloved cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise: He was murdered. Who killed him and how did he die? With the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Elatsoe, must track down the killer and unravel the mystery of this creepy town and it's dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started? The breathtaking debut novel from Darcie Little Badger features an asexual, Apache teen protagonist -- and combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, and fantasy elements, in one of the most-talked-about books in years.

Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can't afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood - and the loss of Shane's father and her grandparents. They don't think they'll ever get their home back. Then Shane's mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends, and her lone, surviving grandparent - who isn't to be trusted - set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world - or this place in time. Nevertheless, Shane is going to find them. Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favorite. This prequel to Elatsoe, centered on Ellie's grandmother, deepens and expands Darcie's one-of-a-kind world and introduces us to another cast of characters that will wend their way around readers' hearts.

Sheine Lende: A Prequel to Elatsoe (Elatsoe, 2)

Newbery Honor Winner National Indie Bestseller National Book Award Longlist Minneapolis Star Tribune Best of the Year Publishers Weekly Best of the Year Kirkus Best the Year Apple Best of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best New York Public Library's Best of the Year Autostraddle's Best Queer Books of the Year "A spellbinding tale."--Texas Monthly "Genre-bending."--TIME "Undeniably charming."--Tor.com &#9733; "Evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling."--Kirkus (starred) &#9733; "Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers."--Publishers Weekly (starred) &#9733; "Magical, stunning, and wholly original."--Booklist (starred) "A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."--School Library Connection A Snake Falls to Earth is a breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism. Darcie Little Badger draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed. Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart.

¡Uno de los Top 100 Novelas de Fantasía de Todos los Tiempos de la Revista TIME -- Ahora en español! Una adolescente de Texas se enfrenta al fantasma de su primo y jura desenmascarar al asesino. Elatsoe --Ellie, para abreviar-- vive en los Estados Unidos de hoy, pero en una realidad alternativa, moldeada por las magias ancestrales y los saberes propios de los grupos indígenas e inmigrantes. Ellie puede despertar el espíritu de animales muertos y, lo más importante, de su perro fantasma Kirby. Cuando su primo, al que adora, muere, todo apunta a un accidente automovilístico, pero su fantasma le dice lo contrario: lo asesinaron. ¿Quién lo mató y cómo murió? Con la ayuda de su familia, su mejor amigo Jay y la memoria de su tatarabuela en sexto grado, Elatsoe debe rastrear al asesino y desentrañar el misterio de este pueblo espeluznante y su oscuro pasado. ¿Será posible que los siniestros habitantes del pueblo y un misterioso doctor la detengan antes de que pueda empezar? La impresionante novela debut de Darcie Little Badger presenta a una protagonista adolescente asexual y apache --y combina misterio, horror, noir, conocimiento ancestral, ilustraciones inquietantes y elementos de fantasía-- en uno de los libros más comentados de los últimos años. Ganador del Premio Locus -- Mejor Primera Novela Un Bestseller Nacional Independiente Finalista del Premio Nebula Finalista del Premio Lodestar Finalista del Premio Ignyte Lo Mejor del Año de NPR Lo Mejor de Ciencia Ficción y Fantasía para Jóvenes Adultos de BuzzFeed Lo Mejor del Año de Tor Finalista del Premio de Literatura Juvenil Indígena Americana "Innovador." --TIME "Profundamente disfrutable de principio a fin." --NPR "Atmosférica y lírica... una obra de arte magnífica." --BuzzFeed &#9733; "Una voz y una perspectiva frescas." --Booklist, reseña estelar &#9733; "Una voz indígena americana única y poderosa." --BookPage, reseña estelar &#9733; "Un debut brillante y cautivador." --Kirkus Reviews, reseña estelar &#9733; "Un misterio de asesinato de ritmo rápido." --Publishers Weekly, reseña estelar One of TIME Magazine''s Top 100 Fantasy Novels of All Time -- Now in Spanish! Locus Award Winner--Best First Novel A National Indie Bestseller Nebula Award Finalist Lodestar Award Finalist Ignyte Award Finalist NPR Best of the Year Buzzfeed''s Best YA SFF of the Year Tor Best of the Year American Indian Youth Literature Award Finalist "Groundbreaking." --TIME "Deeply enjoyable from start to finish."--NPR "Atmospheric and lyrical...a gorgeous work of art."--BuzzFeed &#9733; "A fresh voice and perspective."--Booklist, starred review &#9733; "A unique and powerful Native American voice."-BookPage, starred review &#9733; "A brilliant, engaging debut."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review &#9733; "A fast-paced murder mystery."--Publishers Weekly, starred review A Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousin''s ghost and vows to unmask the murderer. Elatsoe--Ellie for short--lives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animals--most importantly, her ghost dog Kirby. When her beloved cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise: He was murdered. Who killed him and how did he die? With the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Elatsoe, must track down the killer and unravel the mystery of this creepy town and it''s dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started? The breathtaking debut novel from Darcie Little Badger features an asexual, Apache teen protagonist -- and combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, and fantasy elements, in one of the most-talked-about books in years.

Elatsoe: (Spanish Edition) (Volume 1)

Rethink the way you approach writing in this revolutionary and informative new anthology from fourteen diverse authors that demystifies craft and authorship based on their experiences as writers of color--perfect for fans of Fresh Ink and Our Stories, Our Voices. So, you're thinking of writing a book. Or, maybe you've written one, and are wondering what to do with it. What does it take to publish a novel, or even a short story? If you're a writer of color, these questions might multiply; after all, there's a lot of writing advice out there, and it can be hard to know how much of it really applies to your own experiences. If any of this sounds like you, you're in the right place: this collection of essays, written exclusively by authors of color, is here to encourage and empower writers of all ages and backgrounds to find their voice as they put pen to page. Perhaps you're just getting started. Here you'll find a whole toolkit of advice from bestselling and award-winning authors for focusing on an idea, landing on a point of view, and learning which rules were meant to be broken. Or perhaps you have questions about everything beyond the first draft: what is it really like being a published author? These writers demystify the process, sharing personal stories as they forged their own path to publication, and specifically from their perspectives as author of color. Every writer has a different journey. Maybe yours has already started. Or maybe it begins right here. Contributors include: Julie C. Dao, Chloe Gong, Joan He, Kosoko Jackson, Adiba Jaigirdar, Darcie Little Badger, Yamile Saied Mendez, Axie Oh, Laura Pohl, Cindy Pon, Karuna Riazi, Gail D. Villanueva, Julian Winters, and Kat Zhang.

Writing in Color: Fourteen Writers on the Lessons We've Learned

Pohl, Laura

Zhang, Kat

Gong, Chloe

Winters, Julian

Jackson, Kosoko

Riazi, Karuna

Villanueva, Gail D.

Jaigirdar, Adiba

Dao, Julie C.

Pon, Cindy

OH, AXIE

He, Joan

Education & Reference

Margaret K. McElderry Books

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