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• A Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated #OwnVoices YA Book of 2019
• A Book Riot Most Anticipated LGBTQ Read of 2019
• A Book Riot Must-Read Debut Book of 2019
Seventeen-year-old Xochi is alone in San Francisco, running from her painful past: the mother who abandoned her, t...
• A Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated #OwnVoices YA Book of 2019
• A Book Riot Most Anticipated LGBTQ Read of 2019
• A Book Riot Must-Read Debut Book of 2019
Seventeen-year-old Xochi is alone in San Francisco, running from her painful past: the mother who abandoned her, the man who betrayed her. Then one day, she meets Pallas, a precocious twelve-year-old who lives with her rockstar family in one of the city’s storybook Victorians. Xochi accepts a position as Pallas’s live-in governess and quickly finds her place in their household, which is relaxed and happy despite the band’s larger-than-life fame.
But on the night of the Vernal Equinox, as a concert afterparty rages in the house below, Xochi and Pallas accidentally summon a pair of ancient creatures devoted to avenging the wrongs of Xochi’s adolescence. She would do anything to preserve her new life, but with the creatures determined to exact vengeance on those who’ve hurt her, no one is safe—not the family she’s chosen, nor the one she left behind.
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“Keil’s ambitious debut is jam-packed with twists and depth and froth and function...[this is] a book about embracing everything — people, lifestyles, beliefs, experiences — and, in so doing, finding your own distinct power.”
—The New York Times
“A spellbinding tale about finding magic in the mundane and hope in the unknown. Filled with dizzying danger and electrifying music, All of Us with Wings left me breathless.”
—Ruth Ozeki, Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author of A Tale for the Time Being
“Michelle Ruiz Keil creates a vivid and original novel full of music, rage, and characters that sing with purpose. Keil is a new voice to keep an eye on.”
—Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of Labyrinth Lost
“A love letter to live music, a poem to a city in novel form, and a poignantly nuanced examination of the ways in which performance impacts life on and off stage. In equal parts realistic detail and surreal vision, "All of Us with Wings" bursts off the page and goes with you into real life.”
—Anna-Marie McLemore, author of Stonewall Honor Book When the Moon Was Ours and Blanca & Roja
“"All of Us with Wings" is a decadent slice of post-punk rockstardom that will have you begging to stay at the party till sunrise. This gorgeous debut looks unflinchingly into often unexplored experiences of adolescence—abuse and addiction, lust and desire, found families and chosen homes—finding beauty and redemption even in the darkest places.”
—Tehlor Kay Mejia, author of We Set the Dark on Fire
“I'm convinced that Michelle Ruiz Keil has woven a magic spell into these pages. "All of Us with Wings" is gorgeous, gritty, and utterly transfixing.”
—Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless
“[An] atmospheric debut...Keil plays with prose and imagery, interweaving the dreamlike language of Francesca Lia Block with a Latin-American sensibility. The frank inclusion of sexual exploration and drug use adds an extra level of maturity to this thoughtful story about trauma and vengeance, adult decision making, and recovery.”
-Publishers Weekly
“This intricately constructed urban fantasy is complex and beautiful, blending folklore, San Franciscan history, the music scene, vampires, magic, and the intertwined lives of characters, including a cat named Peasblossom who sees and understands more than the humans...Fantasy fans will find this book appealing, fun, and hard to put down.”
–School Library Journal on All of Us with Wings
“A sort of goth Weetzie Bat, but even that doesn’t quite capture [its] beauty...The prose is gorgeous and lyrical and positively glitters, and the characters are vivid and lush. I loved this book.”
-Book Riot on All of Us With Wings
“Michelle Ruiz Keil’s debut is sure to leave readers thinking about trauma, forgiveness, and growth.”