A Song Below Water
A Novel
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Available: 06/02/20
5.9 x 8.53 · 288 pages
Ages 13-18 years
9781250315328
CDN $24.50
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Bethany C. Morrow's A Song Below Water is the story for today's readers - a captivating modern fantasy about Black sirens, friendship, and self-discovery set against the challenges of today's racism and sexism.
In a society determined to keep her under lock and key, Tavia must hide her siren powers.
Meanwhile, Effie is fighting her own family struggles, pitted against literal demons from her past. Together, these best friends must navigate through the perils of high school's junior year.
But everything changes in the aftermath of a siren murder trial that rocks the nation, and Tavia accidentally lets out her magical voice at the worst possible moment.
Soon, nothing in Portland, Oregon, seems safe. To save themselves from drowning, it's only Tavia and Effie's unbreakable sisterhood that proves to be the strongest magic of all.
It's beautiful and it's brilliant." - Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author and National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
"An enthralling tale of Black girl magic and searing social commentary ready to rattle the bones." - Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles
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Bethany C. Morrow is a national bestselling author and writes adult and young adult novels. Her young adult work includes JLG Gold Standard Selections A Song Below Water (a Locus, Ignyte, and Audie Award finalist) and So Many Beginnings. She is editor/contributor to the young adult anthology Take The Mic, which won the 2020 ILA Social Justice in Literature Award. Her adult novels include Mem, an Indies Introduce and Indie Next pick, and Cherish Farrah, a social horror, was the April 2022 Belletrist x Book Club pick. She was the 2021 Mansfield Lecturer at Roosevelt University, and her work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, Forbes, Bustle, Buzzfeed, and more. Morrow is included on USA Today 's list of 100 Black Novelists and Fiction Writers You Should Read.
