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Black Girl Magic

These middle grade fantasy novels all feature brave Black female protagonists. Talk about girl power!

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  • Nic Blake wants to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad, but before he can teach her, he is wrongly imprisoned. She and her two friends must hunt for a powerful magic tool to save him.
    eBookHarperCollins, 2023
  • 12-year-old orphan Adia has mysterious powers she can't control. After she accidentally causes an earthquake in her village, she flees to the faraway Academy of Shamans with the hope that someone can help her. While there, she stumbles…
    eBookUsborne Publishing Ltd, 2023
  • A terrifying creature is rumored to be stalking the trailer park where Tasha lives with her grandmother. When people around Shady Pines start to appear unwell, Tasha begins to fear the hoodoo legends she found in her grandmother's trailer…
    eBookHarperCollins, 2024
  • A 12-year-old girl discovers that her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and the Dark. When he goes missing, she'll need to unlock her own powers to stop the Lord of Shadows and prevent a war in this story that features…
    eBookHarperCollins, 2020
  • Amara must find magical beings to save her kingdom and unlock her destiny in this West African-inspired fantasy.
    eBook[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2024. — eBOOK
  • After her home is attacked by shapeshifting vampires, 12-year-old Serwa, a Slayer of the Abomofuo order, is sent to live with her aunt and cousin in Maryland while her parents fight to slay an evil witch. Serwa soon finds herself in a…
    eBook[Place of publication not identified] : Disney Book Group, 2022. — eBOOK
  • It's 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. She and her twin brother Jay are about to start at one of the first integrated schools in South Carolina and their Uncle tells them he's going to train them in rootwork, the African…
    eBookHarperCollins, 2021
  • Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
    eBookHarperCollins, 2021
  • This middle grade twist on a traditional Haitian folktale is full of malevolent creatures, witches, and plenty of magic!
    eBookLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015
  • Eleven-year-old Zoe is convinced her real life will never be as exciting as her imaginary one - until a series of circumstances causes her family to have to relocate and begin a real adventure. While Zoe creates a rich fantasy world in her…
    eAudiobookRecorded Books, Inc., 2016
  • Inspired by West African mythology and African American folktales, this series follows Tristan, a 7th grader, through an action packed adventure as he discovers his own power as an Anansesem, or storyteller. While the main character of…
    eBookDisney Book Group, 2019
  • Twelve-year-old Caroline is certain she is cursed. She was born during a hurricane, abandoned by her mother, is bullied at school for having the "darkest skin," and is haunted by a spirit that only she can see. When she develops feelings…
    eBookScholastic Inc., 2018
  • Thirteen-year-old Princess Shuri travels from Wakanda to discover what is killing the Heart-Shaped Herb that gives the Black Panther his powers.
    eBookScholastic Inc., 2020
  • In this sequel to The Jumbies, suspicion falls on half-jumbie Corinne when local children from her Caribbean island home begin to disappear. She is forced to go deep into the ocean to seek the help of a dangerous jumbie who rules the waves.
    eBookLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2017