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  1. 1Akata witch (2011)Akata witch (2011) 8.2/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2011Okorafor gives Nigerian American Sunny a magical education grounded in Nigerian surroundings, Igbo speech and the Nsibidi writing tradition. The Leopard People and their rules are imaginative creations, with friendship and learning driving the adventure. Start here for a young adult novel where…0
  2. 2Brown Girl in the Ring (1998)Brown Girl in the Ring (1998) 6.5/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 1998Hopkinson carries Afro-Caribbean spirit traditions into a future Toronto abandoned by its wealthy residents. Ti-Jeanne’s relationship with her grandmother makes healing, inherited knowledge and obligations to the spirits part of everyday survival. The Caribbean song behind the title and the novel’s…0
  3. 3Redemption in indigo (2010)Redemption in indigo (2010) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2010Lord takes a West African tale about a capable cook and her gluttonous husband as a starting point, then gives Paama a much larger encounter with djombi spirits and the power of chaos. The narrator’s interruptions and conversational timing are central pleasures. Lord has discussed receiving the…0
  4. 4Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019)Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2019James builds an invented world through extensive engagement with African histories and storytelling, giving Tracker a disputed account of a search for a missing child. The monsters, competing voices and broken narrative resist the idea of one tidy continental mythology. This is a demanding opening…0
  5. 5The ghost bride (2013)The ghost bride (2013) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2013In nineteenth-century Malacca, Li Lan is offered a marriage to a dead man and finds herself caught in the affairs of the living and the afterlife. Choo draws on Chinese ghost-marriage customs and the strange tales of Pu Songling, then invents an elaborate supernatural mystery. Chinese Malaysian…0
  6. 6Black Water Sister (2021)Black Water Sister (2021) 10.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2021Jess returns to Malaysia and discovers that her dead grandmother has unfinished business with a local deity. Cho places spirit mediumship within Penang’s Chinese Malaysian family life, language and religious practice; the title’s goddess belongs to the novel’s invention. Its sharp family…0
  7. 7The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (2022)The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (2022) 7.4/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2022Oh reshapes the Korean Tale of Shim Cheong by giving an invented heroine, Mina, the decision to enter the sea in another girl’s place. Her journey through a spirit realm turns the source’s questions of sacrifice and family duty towards agency and chosen attachments. This standalone young adult…0
  8. 8Daughter of the Moon Goddess (2022)Daughter of the Moon Goddess (2022) 8.4/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2022Tan begins with the Chinese legend of Chang’e and Houyi, then imagines a daughter, Xingyin, whose existence must remain hidden. The author has described listening to different versions of the legend; her new heroine’s loyalties and ambitions make this a substantial departure from them. Celestial…0
  9. 9Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2009)Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2009) 8.9/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2009Minli leaves her impoverished village to seek the Old Man of the Moon, meeting stories within stories on her journey. Lin draws on Chinese folktale characters and motifs, but the interlocking tales are her own creations, sometimes expanding a brief traditional reference into a new history. The…0
  10. 10Wicked Fox (2019)Wicked Fox (2019) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished 1 Jan 2019Cho brings the Korean gumiho, a nine-tailed fox spirit, into contemporary Seoul through Miyoung, whose survival threatens human lives. Her questions about the fox woman’s usual villainous role meet the emotional pace of Korean television drama. The resulting young adult romance also contains a…0