Legendborn
core novel 2020 Legendborn
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.28 (203,446 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781534441613 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Bree Matthews, a sixteen-year-old high school student still grieving her mother's recent death, enrolls in a residential early-college program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she stumbles into a secret magical society descended from King Arthur and his knights, one that has historically excluded people who look like her. After witnessing supernatural events on her very first night on campus, Bree makes the decision to infiltrate the secretive order as a trainee, suspecting that its hidden members and their ancient magic may be connected to the circumstances surrounding her mother's death. Her investigation quickly draws her deeper into a world of demons, magic, and old grudges than she anticipated.
Where it sits
- Universe: Legendborn
- Series: The Legendborn Cycle core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tracy Deonn
Awards (verified)
- Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent (New Talent), 2021: won; Confirmed directly via ALA's own 2021 press release: "Tracy Deonn, author of 'Legendborn' is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent winner."
Notes
- From the series record (The Legendborn Cycle): A contemporary Arthurian-legend reimagining following a Black teenager who discovers a secret society of modern-day 'Legendborn' descended from King Arthur's knights. A speculative untitled 4th-book placeholder appears on the book's rating-platform series page (no real title or date, 'TBA') -- per Article 2, not registered; this trilogy is treated as complete per its own publisher's 3-book boxed-set marketing.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Legendborn Cycle: position 1 of 3: next Bloodmarked (2022)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Legendborn
- ALA: Jacqueline Woodson, Frank Morrison win 2021 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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