(S)kin / Ibi Zoboi.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062888877 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: ix, 387 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Versify, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
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Genre: | Witch fiction. Paranormal fiction. Fantasy fiction. Young adult fiction. Novels in verse. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lakeshore Branch | YA Zoboi | 31681010406684 | YADULT | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Fifteen-year-old Marisol, who sheds her skin every new moon and shifts into a fireball witch, is connected by a family secret to 17-year-old Genevieve, who reaches for some memory of her estranged mother, in a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore. Simultaneous eBook. - Baker & Taylor
Fifteen-year-old Marisol, who sheds her skin every new moon and shifts into a fireball witch, is connected by a family secret to 17-year-old Genevieve, who reaches for some memory of her estranged mother, in a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore. - HARPERCOLL
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A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debutâa novel in verse based on Caribbean folkloreâabout the power of inherited magic and the price we must pay to live the life we yearn for.
âOur new home with its
thick walls and locked doors
wants me to stay trapped in my skinâ
but I am fury and flame.â
Fifteen-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 pastâher mother.
Seventeen-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 babiesâ 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 hasnât even thought to ask.
But 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.