Chinese Immigrant Author Withdraws Her YA Fantasy Novel After Accusations Of Racist Portrayals

Amélie Wen Zhao asked her publisher to withhold her book Blood Heir after voices from the Young Adult Lit Twitterverse (which is notorious for drama) attacked it for “anti-blackness” in its depiction of an enslaved group. Aja Hoggatt offers an explainer on the controversy. — Slate

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