The Fifth Season By N.K Jemisin (Grade 10+)

The Fifth Season is the first entry in N.K. Jemisin's stellar Broken Earth trilogy, followed by The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky. All three of the novels won the Hugo award for best novel, a first in the history of the award, and were heralded by critics and fans alike for complex and exciting storytelling. Jemisin herself grew up in NYC and Alabama, and worked as a psychologist before becoming well known enough as a writer to make the latter her full-time job. She has been heralded as one of the great voices in modern science fiction, and was inlcluded in 2021 on Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. LINK TO EXCERPT