A Blade So Black
by L.L. McKinney • Book 1 of the The Nightmare-Verse Series • Related Edition: Original
"A Blade So Black is the fantasy book I've been waiting for my whole life."
—Angie... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 88,571
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 660L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 199145, 13.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Adventure and adventurers--Fiction
- Magic--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Contemporary
- Good and evil--Fiction
- Good and evil--Juvenile fiction
- Nightmares--Juvenile fiction
- Imaginary wars and battles--Fiction
- Imaginary places--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | Multicultural & Interracial
- Young Adult Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore | Adaptations
- Nightmares--Fiction
- Dreams--Fiction
- Fantasy fiction
- Fantasy
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy | Epic
- Atlanta (Ga)--Fiction
- Characters in literature--Fiction
- Teenage girls--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure
- African Americans--Fiction
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Juvenile fiction
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | United States - African American
- Urban fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Anti-Racist Novels for Teens
- Multicultural Folktales and Fairy Tales
- Multicultural Fantasy
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Book Readings 1
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