The Forest Demands Its DueA Lesson in Vengeance meets The Taking of Jake Livingston in this page turning YA horror fantasy set in dark academia about a queer Black teen who discovers the sinister history of his boarding school and the corrupt powers behind it all. Regent Academy has a long and storied history in Winslow, Vermont, as does the forest that surrounds it. The school is known for molding teens into leaders, but its history is far more nefarious. Seventeen year old

they aren't leaving

Career-driven PR whiz Montgomery Morgan is all about her professional public image

first love

what does it look like when a bunch of queer Black kids are allowed to dream

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Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies

secure facilities on this planet--or any other

and schoolmates accused her of being illegal

and people mentioned in the poem

Ailey fights a battle for belonging that's made all the more difficult by a hovering trauma

and doesn't require it to be because she's a "strong Black woman" and everyone's favorite ride-or-die chick

and she's in a friendship tug-of-war with two friends who both want to be her best best friend