Mirror Girls by McWilliams, Kelly

A thrilling gothic horror novel about biracial twin sisters separated at birth, perfect for fans of Lovecraft Country and The Vanishing Half

As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for loving across the color line. Now, at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, Charlie is a young Black organizer in Harlem, while white-passing Magnolia is the heiress to a cotton plantation in rural Georgia.

Magnolia knows nothing of her racial heritage, but secrets are hard to keep in a town haunted by the ghosts of its slave-holding past. When Magnolia finally learns the truth, her reflection mysteriously disappears from mirrors--the sign of a terrible curse. Meanwhile, in Harlem, Charlie's beloved grandmother falls ill. Her final wish is to be buried back home in Georgia--and, unbeknownst to Charlie, to see her long-lost granddaughter, Magnolia Heathwood, one last time. So Charlie travels into the Deep South, confronting the land of her worst nightmares--and Jim Crow segregation.

The sisters reunite as teenagers in the deeply haunted town of Eureka, Georgia, where ghosts linger centuries after their time and dangers lurk behind every mirror. They couldn't be more different, but they will need each other to put the hauntings of the past to rest, to break the mirrors' deadly curse--and to discover the meaning of sisterhood in a racially divided land.

Author: Kelly McWilliams
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/08/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780759553873
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 515133 / Mirror Girls


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2021 pg. 96
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2022
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2022
Publishers Weekly 03/28/2022
School Library Journal 05/01/2022 pg. 80
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
BookPage 01/01/2022
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2022 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author

Kelly is a mixed-race writer. Agnes at the End of the World was a finalist for the Golden Kite Award, and Mirror Girls is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and Target Book Club Pick. She's written for Time, Bustle, and Publisher's Weekly among other outlets. She lives in Seattle with her family.