{"product_id":"skin-isbn-9780062888877","title":"(S)Kin","description":"\u003cp\u003eA FINALIST FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSIX STARRED REVIEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debut—a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore—about the power of inherited magic and the price we must pay to live the life we yearn for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Our new home with its\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethick walls and locked doors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewants me to stay trapped in my skin—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut I am fury and flame.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But Brooklyn is no place for fireball witches with all its bright lights, shut windows, and bolt-locked doors.… While Marisol hoped they would leave their old traditions behind when they emigrated from the islands, she knows this will never happen while she remains ensnared by the one person who keeps her chained to her magical past—her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Genevieve is the daughter of a college professor and a newly minted older half sister of twins. Her worsening skin condition and the babies’ constant wailing keep her up at night, when she stares at the dark sky with a deep longing to inhale it all. She hopes to quench the hunger that gnaws at her, one that seems to reach for some memory of her estranged mother. When a new nanny arrives to help with the twins, a family secret connecting her to Marisol is revealed, and Gen begins to find answers to questions she hasn’t even thought to ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the girls soon discover that the very skin keeping their flames locked beneath the surface may be more explosive to the relationships around them than any ancient magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when the magic you inherit is a curse you can’t escape?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEstranged Sisters:\u003c\/b\u003e Genevieve’s mysterious skin condition and Marisol’s magical obligations are two sides of the same family secret. A new nanny is the only one who knows the truth that connects them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSoucouyant Magic:\u003c\/b\u003e Based on Caribbean folklore, this is a world of fireball witches who shed their skin to fly through the Brooklyn night, seeking life force to survive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDual POV:\u003c\/b\u003e Told in alternating voices, this story follows Marisol as she fights her magical destiny and Genevieve as she discovers a dangerous power living under her own skin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eComplex Mother-Daughter Story:\u003c\/b\u003e Marisol is trapped by her mother’s traditions, while Genevieve yearns for the mother she never knew—not realizing they are the same woman.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e★ \"Bold and exciting. Readers will fly through Zoboi’s latest masterpiece and crave more stories featuring Caribbean folklore. An \u003cstrong\u003eambitious contemporary fantasy\u003c\/strong\u003e that will grip readers from the first page.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e★ “The stage is set for secrets and supernatural discoveries. The slow, methodical unraveling of how interwoven the two teenage girls’ stories is the treat of this \u003cstrong\u003esharp verse\u003c\/strong\u003e narrative.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e[A] rich modern take\u003c\/strong\u003e paying homage to classic portrayals from Caribbean folklore. Decadent. This fantastical novel-in-verse will please fans of contemporary fantasy and poetry alike.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e★ “The verse format offers a rhythmic and accessible read while challenging stereotypes regarding colorism and racism. An\u003cstrong\u003e essential\u003c\/strong\u003e book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e★ “Readers will enjoy the ways the monstrous characters’ human facades shift. A \u003cstrong\u003evividly creative, heart-pounding\u003c\/strong\u003e poetic journey.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ambitious and \u003cstrong\u003eunapologetic\u003c\/strong\u003e in its rendering, deftly addressing themes of colorism, assimilation, and inheritance. This fast-paced fever dream of a tale crackles and sparks on the page—almost burning the fingertips as it weaves folklore into reality.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmber McBride, National Book Award finalist and author of Me (Moth)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for AMERICAN STREET: “Brimming with culture, magic, warmth, and unabashed rawness, Zoboi [is], without question, an inevitable force in storytelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Reynolds, award-winning author of Long Way Down and coauthor of All American Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Zoboi displays her immense talent in a new genre by creating a \u003cstrong\u003efirst-class, haunting urban fantasy\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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