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Brown Girl in the Ring
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Brown Girl in the Ring Trade paperback (i.e. 5 6 by 8 9 inch softcover) - 1998

by Nalo Hopkinson

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Chosen the best of almost 1,000 entries to the Warner Aspect First Novel Contest. Jamaica native Hopkinson weaves a compelling story of Afro-Caribbean magic, ancient spirits who rule human lives, and a young woman forced to fend for herself in a 21st-century Toronto that has fallen into economic collapse.

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Aspect, 1998. Later Edition. Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover). New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover). New Winner of Warner Aspect First Novel Contest.
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  • Title Brown Girl in the Ring
  • Author Nalo Hopkinson
  • Binding Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover)
  • Edition Later Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Aspect, New York
  • Date 1998
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 000-036928
  • ISBN 9780446674331 / 0446674338
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
  • Reading level 690
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Inner cities
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97039151
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Booklist, 05/15/1998, Page 1601
  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/1998, Page 700
  • Library Journal, 06/15/1998, Page 111
  • New York Times, 07/12/1998, Page 26
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/08/1998, Page 51
  • School Library Journal, 11/01/1998, Page 160

About the author

Nalo Hopkinson was born in Jamaica and has lived in Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada. The daughter of a poet/playwright and a library technician, she has won numerous awards including the John W. Campbell Award, the World Fantasy Award, and Canada's Sunburst Award for literature of the fantastic. Her award-winning short fiction collection Skin Folk was selected for the 2002 New York Times Summer Reading List and was one of the New York Times Best Books of the Year.
Hopkinson is also the author of The New Moon's Arms, The Salt Roads, Midnight Robber, and Brown Girl in the Ring. She is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, and splits her time between California, USA, and Toronto, Canada.

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