By Kelly Barnhill
Doubleday, 2022. 340 pages. Sci-Fi
After the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when thousands of women, including her beloved Aunt Marla, transformed into dragons, left a trail fiery destruction and took to the skies, young Alex Green must face the consequences of this event as she learns to accept people as they really are.
This allegorical tale tells the story of a family of women and how the Mass Dragoning affects each one, as they either accept it or reject it in their lives. It also weaves in fictitious scholarly research surrounding the event, rounding out Alex’s hazy childhood memories. This is a great read for anyone who enjoys the often dual role of Magical Realism, as it can not only present an engaging story about dragons, but also reveal insight on societal problems.
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By Emily Habeck
Marysue Rucci Books, 2023. 408 pages.
When her husband Lewis, a few weeks after their wedding, receives a rare diagnosis that his physical body will gradually turn into a great white shark, Wren, struggling with his fate, finds his developing carnivorous nature activating long-repressed memories which forces her to make an impossible choice.
By Naomi Alderman
Little Brown and Company, 2017. 386 pages. Sci-Fi
When a new force takes hold of the world, people from different areas of life are forced to cross paths in an alternate reality that gives women and teenage girls immense physical power that can cause pain and death.
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