Golem and the Jinni (2013)

New York in 1899 gives Chava, a clay golem, and Ahmad, a Syrian jinni, a problem no extraordinary power solves neatly: how to live among strangers. Wecker brings Jewish and Middle Eastern folklore into a city of workshops, tenements and immigrant networks. Their dependence on neighbours makes belonging practical, with obligations as well as freedom. Choose it for an invented supernatural encounter grounded in the work of making a home; no background in either folklore tradition is necessary.