A daughter must contend with her father's crime in the award-winning author's "deeply satisfying" novel of Caribbean folklore and sci-fi adventure (The New York Times Book Review).

It's Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked "Midnight Robbers" waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. To young Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival -- until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgiveable crime.

Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklore are real, and the humans are violent outcasts in the wilds. Tan-Tan must reach into the heart of myth and become the Robber Queen herself. For only the Robber Queen's legendary powers can save her life... and set her free.

"Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms... Beneath it lie complex, clearly evoked characters, haunting descriptions of exotic planets, and a stirring story... [This book] ought to elevate Hopkinson to star status." -- Seattle Times

• We started tracking this book on September 8, 2013.
• This book was $9.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 77 times in the past 4,342 days.
• The current price of this book is $9.45 last checked one hour ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $2.99.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on October 17, 2023.
• This book has been $1.99 11 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $10.06 last reached on October 13, 2024.
• This book has been $10.06 one time since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionUnited StatesBlack & African AmericanWomen's Fiction
• Literature & FictionGenre FictionComing of Age
• Literature & FictionUnited States
• Literature & FictionBlack & African AmericanWomen's Fiction

• Publication Date: December 1, 2000
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 370 Pages
• File Size: 28 KB