Elle is a former educator and first-generation college student with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's in educational administration and human development. magazine calls it 'the debut fantasy we need right now.' She also wrote its sequel, Ashes of Gold. Elle is the author of the instant New York Times and Indie bestseller Wings of Ebony, a YA novel about a Black teen who must lean into her ancestor's magic to protect her inner-city community from drugs, violence, and crime. 'A masterful adventure.'-Kirkus Review STARRED REVIEW ''Ībout the Author J. When a betrayal sends her into a tailspin, Rue must decide who to trust and how to be the leader that her people deserve, because if she doesn't, it isn't just Yiyo that will be destroyed-it will be Rue herself. Yet even on Yiyo Peak, Rue is a misfit with half a foot back in Houston and a heart that is half human, half god, she's not sure she's the right person to lead the fight to reclaim a glorious past.

Rue vows that when she reunites with them, she will find a way to return the magic that the Chancellor has stolen from her father's people. But getting free and finding her friends is only half the battle. Girls from East Row break themselves out. Girls from East Row pick themselves back up when they fall. Rue has no memory of how she ended up locked in a basement prison without her magic or her allies. About the Book Half god and half human, Rue has made a vow to restore the magic that the Chancellor and the Grays have stolen from the Ghizoni and take back their land she has more fully embraced her identity among the people of Yiyo Peak, but she is also from East Row in Houston, and girls from East Row do not give in to oppressors.īook Synopsis In the 'thrilling.masterful' ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review) conclusion to the Wings of Ebony duology, which #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicole Yoon calls 'bold, inventive, big-hearted, and deeply perceptive,' Rue makes her final stand to reclaim her people's stolen magic.

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