Tigers, Not Daughters

A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of 2020 A SLJ Best Book of 2020 A Shelf Awareness Best Book of 2020 A 2020 BCCB Blue Ribbon List title "Move over, Louisa May Alcott! Samantha Mabry has written her very own magical Little Women for our times." -Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents The first time Ana Torres came back as a ghost, her sisters weren't there.  A year after Ana's death, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, still consumed by grief and haunted by her memory, start noticing strange things around the house: laughter without a voice, shadows cast by nothing, writing on the walls. None of them have seen Ana, but they know she's trying to send them a message-or maybe it's a warning. In a stunning follow-up to her National Book Award-longlisted novel All the Wind in the World, Samantha Mabry weaves an aching, magical novel that is one part family drama, one part ghost story, and one part love story.    In a stunning follow-up to her National Book Award–longlisted novel All the Wind in the World, Samantha Mabry weaves a magical, romantic, own-voices novel about three sisters shadowed by guilt and grief over the loss of their oldest sister, who still haunts their house. Samantha Mabry credits her tendency toward magical thinking to her Grandmother Garcia, who would wash money in the kitchen sink to rinse off any bad spirits. She teaches writing and Latinx literature at a community college in Dallas, where she lives with her husband, a historian, and a cat named Mouse. She is the author of A Fierce and Subtle Poison, All the Wind in the World, and Tigers, Not Daughters. Visit her online at samanthamabry.com. A Must-Read Novel According to BuzzFeed * Entertainment Weekly * Ms. Magazine * BookPage * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Tor.com * D Magazine "Move over, Louisa May Alcott! Samantha Mabry has written her very own magical Little Women for our times. This is no family of tamed girls but a clan of fierce and fighting young women who will draw readers into their spell. A celebration of the bonds of sisterhood and of the ways we heal by reaching beyond our losses, our brokenness and fears to the love that holds and heals."  -Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents   "Samantha Mabry is just a beautiful writer. You should definitely read it." -Veronica Roth, New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series "A moody and unflinching examination of the gritty, tender and impossible parts of people that make them unforgettably whole. You don't read Samantha Mabry's books so much as experience them. Ferocious and gorgeously crafted. I loved it."  -Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie "The National Book Award-nominated author spins another hauntingly moving tale of teenhood with this story of sisters mourning one of their own, only to realize she might still be walking among them . . . somehow." -Entertainment Weekly "Like Mabry's previous books, I found that Tigers, Not Daughters is all about the atmosphere and feelings. The small town where the Torres sisters dwell feels so real . . . Mabry's language and tone are both lush and poetic, but that doesn't stop these tiger girls from having teeth." -NPR "A shivery, magical exploration of the power of sisterhood." -People "One of the most crucial voices in young adult literature."  -Bustle "Samantha Mabry gives us paranormal magical realism at its best with her latest YA novel." -Ms. "Mabry speaks gracefully to the transformative power of grief and the often messy (even violent) road to letting go." -Publishers Weekly, starred review "Mabry's third novel has echoes of The Virgin Suicides . . . The evocative language and deft characterization will haunt-and empower-readers.