- A
- Publishers
- Weekly
- Best
- Book
- of
- 2019!
“Gripping
- and
- timely.”
- —People
“The
- YA
- debut
- we’re
- most
- excited
- for
- this
- year.”
- —Entertainment
- Weekly
“A
- book
- that
- knocks
- you
- off
- your
- feet
- while
- dropping
- the
- kind
- of
- knowledge
- that’ll
- keep
- you
- down
- for
- the
- count.
- Prepare
- to
- BE
- slain.”
- —Nic
- Stone,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Dear
- Martin
- and
- Odd
- One
- OutReady
- Player
- One
- meets
- The
- Hate
- U
- Give
- in
- this
- dynamite
- debut
- novel
- that
- follows
- a
- fierce
- teen
- game
- developer
- as
- she
- battles
- a
- real-life
- troll
- intent
- on
- ruining
- the
- Black
- Panther–inspired
- video
- game
- she
- created
- and
- the
- safe
- community
- it
- represents
- for
- Black
- gamers.By
- day,
- seventeen-year-old
- Kiera
- Johnson
- is
- an
- honors
- student,
- a
- math
- tutor,
- and
- one
- of
- the
- only
- Black
- kids
- at
- Jefferson
- Academy.
- But
- at
- home,
- she
- joins
- hundreds
- of
- thousands
- of
- Black
- gamers
- who
- duel
- worldwide
- as
- Nubian
- personas
- in
- the
- secret
- multiplayer
- online
- role-playing
- card
- game,
- SLAY.
- No
- one
- knows
- Kiera
- is
- the
- game
- developer,
- not
- her
- friends,
- her
- family,
- not
- even
- her
- boyfriend,
- Malcolm,
- who
- believes
- video
- games
- are
- partially
- responsible
- for
- the
- “downfall
- of
- the
- Black
- man.”But
- when
- a
- teen
- in
- Kansas
- City
- is
- murdered
- over
- a
- dispute
- in
- the
- SLAY
- world,
- news
- of
- the
- game
- reaches
- mainstream
- media,
- and
- SLAY
- is
- labeled
- a
- racist,
- exclusionist,
- violent
- hub
- for
- thugs
- and
- criminals.
- Even
- worse,
- an
- anonymous
- troll
- infiltrates
- the
- game,
- threatening
- to
- sue
- Kiera
- for
- “anti-white
- discrimination.”Driven
- to
- save
- the
- only
- world
- in
- which
- she
- can
- be
- herself,
- Kiera
- must
- preserve
- her
- secret
- identity
- and
- harness
- what
- it
- means
- to
- be
- unapologetically
- Black
- in
- a
- world
- intimidated
- by
- Blackness.
- But
- can
- she
- protect
- her
- game
- without
- losing
- herself
- in
- the process?
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