 | Brooms Author: Walls, Jasmine | |
| Price: $15.57 | ||
Summary:
It’s 1930s Mississippi. Magic is permitted only in certain circumstances, and by certain people. Unsanctioned broom racing is banned. But for those who need the money, or the thrills...it's there to be found. In graphic novel format.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (09/15/23)
School Library Journal (00/08/23)
Booklist (+) (12/01/23)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (+) (00/10/23)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 09/15/2023 *Starred Review* Experience a fascinating, alternative history of 1930s Mississippi where magic is legal for some, illegal for others, and secret broom racing happens nightly in the woods. Sisters Mattie and Emma, both Black and Choctaw and one deaf, have recently developed their powers. Their family desperately needs money to petition the government or else the girls will be shipped off to residential schools. Their cousin, who lost her powers at such a school, introduces them to her girlfriend, the leader of the Night Storm racing team, who trains them and introduces them to the exciting world of racing. The characters are drawn in a comic style popular with teen readers and inked in a variety of skin tones. Often set against an ethereally blue setting, the characters express themselves through their outfits—a cap and suspenders for a queer cis woman, a skirt and hair bandanna for a trans woman—showing readers how dressing for your identity could be possible in any time period. Though readers will enjoy the dramatic racing scenes, this is truly a story about queer folk and people of color who have created a space where they can joyously and freely be themselves. - Copyright 2023 Booklist.
