Brown Girl in the Ring

Brown Girl in the RingIn this "impressive debut" from award winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (The Washington Post) The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies,

In this "impressive debut" from award-winning speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, a young woman must solve the tragic mystery surrounding her family and bargain with the gods to save her city and herself. (The Washington Post)

The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city has had to rediscover old ways -- farming, barter, herb lore. But now the monied need a harvest of bodies, and so they prey upon the helpless of the streets. With nowhere to turn, a young woman must open herself to ancient truths, eternal powers, and the tragic mystery surrounding her mother and grandmother. She must bargain with gods, and give birth to new legends.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 07/01/1998
ISBN: 9780446674331
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d
Award: Locus Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Booklist 05/15/1998 pg. 1601
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/1998 pg. 700
Publishers Weekly 06/08/1998 pg. 51
Library Journal 06/15/1998 pg. 111
New York Times 07/12/1998 pg. 26
School Library Journal 11/01/1998 pg. 160
Booklist 02/15/2000 pg. 1096

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 45468 / Brown Girl in the Ring
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 10