It's city-girl Maddy's first summer in the bayou, and she just falls in love with her new surroundings - the glimmering fireflies, the.

Ella Durand, the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, must overcome Ant-Conjuror prejudice to track down a missing teacher and protect the school from a magical threat. A magical coming-of-age story from Coretta Scott King honor author Jewell Parker Rhodes, rich with Southern folklore, friendship, family, fireflies and mermaids, plus an environmental twist. THE MARVELLERS (2022) by NYT-bestselling author Dhonielle Clayton: A fantasy series set in a magic school in the sky where students from around the world come together to practice their cultural marvels. Perry: a middle grade fantasy adventure story, inspired by West African and Igbo mythology, stars a Black boy who discovers magic in a book passed through his family over generations and realizes it might be up to his and his friends to bridge the barrier between worlds to save a hidden kingdom. Ewing: The story follows a precocious fifth-grader and her robot sidekick, whose friendship helps her navigate a difficult start to the school year and the legacy of a tragedy in her Chicago neighborhood.Ī TASTE OF MAGIC (2022) by J.Elle: Stars twelve-year-old Kyana, a Black girl who enrolls in an inner-city magical academy hidden in the back of a beauty shop and must fight to keep it open after redistricting and gentrification threaten to close it down.ĬAMERON BATTLE AND THE LEGEND OF CHIDANI (2022) by Jamar J. In addition to those books listed above, here are a few upcoming titles to keep an eye on.

Bayou magic by jewell parker rhodes