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Nightbirds / Kate J. Armstrong.
"In Simta, the magic of women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the chance to change it all"-- Provided by publisher.
The Nightbirds are Simta's best kept secret. Teenage girls from the Great Houses with magic coursing through their veins, the Nightbirds have the unique ability to gift their magic to others with a kiss. Magic--especially the magic of women--is outlawed and the city's religious sects would see them burned if discovered. But protected by the Great Houses, the Nightbirds are safe well-guarded treasures. As this Season's Nightbirds, Matilde, Aesa, and Sayer spend their nights bestowing their unique brands of magic to well-paying clients. Once their Season is through, they're each meant to marry a Great House lord and become mothers to the next generation of Nightbirds before their powers fade away. But Matilde, Aesa, and Sayer have other plans. They know their lives as Nightbirds aren't just temporary, but a complete lie and yearn for something more. When they discover that there are other girls like them and that their magic is more than they were ever told, they see the carefully crafted Nightbird system for what it is: a way to keep them in their place, first as daughters and then as wives. Now they must make a choice--to stay in their gilded cage or to remake the city that put them there in the first place.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593463277 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0593463277 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780593619568 (paperback)
- ISBN: 0593619560 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 462 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Target Audience Note: | Ages 12 and up. Nancy Paulsen Books. Grades 7-9. Nancy Paulsen Books. |
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| Subject: | Sex role > Fiction. Teenagers > Fiction. Magic > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Ability > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. Queer fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | YA ARMST K (Text) | 33126025420633 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | YA ARMST K (Text) | 33126025420625 | YA Fiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"At the mercy of well-paying clients, four Nightbirds, girls who have a unique and powerful magic they can gift with just a kiss, get a chance to remake the city that dared to clip their wings when the truth about their magic was revealed. Simultaneous eBook. " - Baker & Taylor
"In Simta, the magic of women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the chance to change it all"-- - Penguin Putnam
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠In a dazzling new fantasy world full of whispered secrets and political intrigue, the magic of women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the chance to change it all.
Magic is illegal in Simta, but for the right price, the wealthy can always partake. They need only procure a visit with a Nightbird, girls who can gift their rare powers with a kiss. Usually a tight-knit group, this Seasonâs Nightbirds couldnât be more different. Matilde, the groupâs veteran, relishes the feeling of power and freedom she thinks her Nightbird status affords, but rebels against her familyâs growing expectation that she finally choose a suitor and pass her magic on to the next generation; fiery orphan Sayer, resigned to this life as a means to support herself, resents each transaction and the world Matilde so reveres; and novice Ãsa, fears her own magic and thinks her very existence is a sin.
But when the Nightbirds find themselves at the heart of a deadly political scheme that shakes the world as they know it, they must put their differences aside and band together to fend off those who would exploit them. In doing so, they discover their magic is more powerful than they could have ever imagined, and they see the Nightbirds system for what it is: a gilded cage. United, they are a potent force that could upend the patriarchal system that would hunt them as witches. But wielding their power could cost them more than they are prepared to lose. They must make a choice: to remain kept birds or take control, remaking the city that dared to clip their wings.
Fiercely feminist and set in a thrilling, intoxicating world evoking the Jazz Ageâfull of speakeasies with magic cocktails, sharp-edged, duplicitous glamour, and handsome rogue alchemistsâNightbirds is an exciting debut fantasy that dazzles as powerful girls emerge from the shadows to determine their own fates.