An Instant New York Times Bestseller. Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn's Ya contemporary fantasy reinvents the King Arthur legend and braids together Southern folk traditions and Black Girl Magic into a searing modern tale of grief, power, and self-discovery and (Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles). After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at Unc–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called and Legendbornand students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a and Merlin and and who attempts and fails to wipe Bree's memory of everything she saw. The mage's failure unlocks Bree's own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection- the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital.