SLAY is so much more than just another book about video games: it’s about a girl who carves a space in the world for herself and completely owns it, and it’s about the microaggressions and the can-I-touch-your-hairs and all the things that come with being one of a handful of black kids in a school. It isn’t afraid to pull punches where it counts; sometimes you see them coming, sometimes you don’t.
–Avery Peregrine, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA
Slay is set in the Seattle area, and the author lived here when she wrote it. The novel is available at all Third Place Books locations and from independent bookstores everywhere.
This review was featured in the Kids’ Indie Next List, a list of new and upcoming titles independent booksellers are excited about. The list is compiled by the American Booksellers Association.