![]() ![]() It’s unsparing and unapologetic about helping young readers look grief in the face, ultimately offering them a roadmap for how to love life in spite of the pain in our hearts. Most of all, Eden’s Everdark is a novel that never talks down to children, one that recognizes their capacity for understanding the shadow side. I love that this lush portal fantasy truly centers Black characters, history, and folklore and uses magic and fantasy to spotlight the very real world of Georgia’s barrier islands. ![]() Why the buzz: “In this atmospheric and suspenseful novel, Karen Strong draws from Southern legends historically shared through oral tradition and pins them to the page with her own original flair. ![]()
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