Legendborn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

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Legendborn

Genre: Fiction; young adult; fantasy; contemporary; Arthurian legend
Originally Published: 2020
Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 730L; grades 7-12
Structure/Length: 59 chapters; approximately 503 pages; approximately 18 hours and 54 minutes on audio
Protagonist/Central Conflict: The story follows Bree Matthews, a 16-year-old girl, who—while coping with her mother’s death—uncovers a secret society called the “Legendborn” at her university. The society claims to descend from King Arthur’s knights, and a magical war is imminent. As Bree delves deeper into the world of the Legendborn, she begins to question her own history and the truth behind her mother’s death.
Potential Sensitivity Issues: Grief and loss; racism and microaggressions; violence; trauma

Tracy Deonn, Author

Bio: American author; her work combines her love for speculative storytelling and Black culture and history; she holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in literature/storytelling from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Other Works: Legendborn is her debut novel.
Awards: Legendborn was a finalist for the Lodestar Award (2021), a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2020), and a Nominee for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2020). It also won a Coretta Scott King Award/John Steptoe Award for New Talent (2021).