Rust in the Root

Rust in the RootThe author of the visionary New York Times bestseller Dread Nation returns with another spellbinding historical fantasy set at the crossroads of race and power in America. It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America dividedbetween those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event that blighted the arcane force called the Dynamism and threw America into disarray, the country has been

to say nothing of the racism and violence that followed

the rise of the Karens

She ran from child welfare authorities as a runaway and teenage mother

Isabel turns to her neighbors for help

nations with new constitutions that are the envy of women the world over

The book underlines the hazardous consequences of the strategy of preemptive war on this dialogue

and eventually being one

the power of prayer has never been more important to remind us that we do not have to bear our crosses alone

His goal is to discover what life was like for a people hitherto ignored by historians

Steadily increasing numbers of Americans have been diagnosed with asthma in recent years

Black Americans have demonstrated resilience and creativity in the business world"--

Winner of the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in IllustrationFinalist for a Governor General’s Literary Award