(S)Kin

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(S)Kin
by Ibi Zoboi

ISBN: 9780062888877
Hardcover, new
Publication Date: 2/11/2025

Brief Description:
From 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. 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 past–her 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 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. 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.

Target Age Group: Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 And Up