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The Mirror Season

Anna-Marie McLemore

Ages 14–18

Readers rate it 3.8 (11 on Hardcover)

243 pages · Released Mar 16, 2021

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This is a thoughtfully written contemporary fantasy that centers on trauma recovery and healing after sexual assault. The book treats its heavy subject matter with care and tenderness rather than exploitation, but the content—including sexual assault, homophobia, racism, and magical horror elements—is mature and emotionally intense. It's best suited for older teens who can engage with trauma narratives and themes of survival, community, and resilience.

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From the publisher

"An unforgettable story of trauma and healing, told in achingly beautiful prose with great tenderness and care." —#1 New York Times-bestselling author Karen M. McManus When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family’s possibly-magic... "An unforgettable story of trauma and healing, told in achingly beautiful prose with great tenderness and care." —#1 New York Times-bestselling author Karen M. McManus When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family’s possibly-magical pastelería, his secret forest of otherworldly trees, and the swallows returning to their hometown, in Anna-Marie McLemore's The Mirror Season. Graciela Cristales’ whole world changes after she and a boy she barely knows are assaulted at the same party. She loses her gift for making enchanted pan dulce. Neighborhood trees vanish overnight, while mirrored glass appears, bringing reckless magic with it. And Ciela is haunted by what happened to her, and what happened to the boy whose name she never learned. But when the boy, Lock, shows up at Ciela’s school, he has no memory of that night, and no clue that a single piece of mirrored glass is taking his life apart. Ciela decides to help him, which means hiding the truth about that night. Because Ciela knows who assaulted her, and him. And she knows that her survival, and his, depend on no one finding out what really happened.

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  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Unloveable Characters
  • Character driven
  • Weak Character Development
  • Diverse Characters
  • sad
  • emotional
  • dark
  • tense
  • Fantasy
  • Young Adult
  • LGBTQ

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