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The black God's drums / P. Djèlí Clark.

Clark, P. Djèlí, (author.).

Summary:

"Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans. Her sights are set on securing passage aboard Captain Ann-Marie's smuggler airship Midnight Robber, earning the captain's trust using a secret about a kidnapped Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls the Black God's Drums. But Creeper keeps another secret close to her heart-- Oya, the African orisha of the wind and storms, who speaks inside her head and grants her divine powers. And Oya has her own priorities..." -- Page [4] of cover.

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  • ISBN: 9781250294715 (trade paperback)
  • ISBN: 1250294711
  • Physical Description: 111 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2018.

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Awards Note:
Alex Award book, 2019

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Subject: African American teenagers > Fiction.
Airships > Fiction.
Weapons > Fiction.
Pirates > Fiction.
Genre: Alternative histories (Fiction)
Steampunk fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.

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  • McMillan Palgrave

    Rising science fiction and fantasy star P. Djèlí Clark brings an alternate New Orleans of orisha, airships, and adventure to life in his immersive debut novella The Black God's Drums.

    Alex Award Winner!

    In an alternate New Orleans caught in the tangle of the American Civil War, the wall-scaling girl named Creeper yearns to escape the streets for the air--in particular, by earning a spot on-board the airship Midnight Robber. Creeper plans to earn Captain Ann-Marie’s trust with information she discovers about a Haitian scientist and a mysterious weapon he calls The Black God’s Drums.

    But Creeper also has a secret herself: Oya, the African orisha of the wind and storms, speaks inside her head, and may have her own ulterior motivations.

    Soon, Creeper, Oya, and the crew of the Midnight Robber are pulled into a perilous mission aimed to stop the Black God’s Drums from being unleashed and wiping out the entirety of New Orleans.

    “A sinewy mosaic of Haitian sky pirates, wily street urchins, and orisha magic. Beguiling and bombastic!”—New York Times bestselling author Scott Westerfeld

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