Maria Dahvana Headley
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A modern retelling of Beowulf recasts classic themes from the perspectives of the attackers and finds a suburban housewife and a battle-hardened veteran navigating dark realities to protect the sons they love. By the best-selling author of Aerie.
Author
Publisher
MCD x FSG Originals
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A man seeks to prove himself as a hero. A monster seeks silence in his territory. A warrior seeks to avenge her murdered son. A dragon ends it all. The familiar elements of the epic poem are seen with a novelist’s eye toward gender, genre, and history―Beowulf has always been a tale of entitlement and encroachment, powerful men seeking to become more powerful, and one woman seeking justice for her child, but this version brings new context to...
4) Magonia
Author
Series
Magonia novels volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Aza Ray Boyle's life has been defined by a unique lung disease and her evolving friendship with Jason, but just before her sixteenth birthday, she is swept up into the sky-bound world of Magonia and discovers her true identity.
Author
Series
Magonia novels volume 2
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"The stunning sequel to Maria Dahvana Headley's critically acclaimed Magonia tells the story of one girl who must make an impossible choice between two families, two homesand two versions of herself. Aza Ray is back on earth. Her boyfriend, Jason, is overjoyed. Her family is healed. Shes living a normal life, or as normal as it can be if youve spent the past year dying, waking up on a sky ship, and discovering that your song can change the world....