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2021 Prism Comics Award Winner, Young Readers
2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, LGBTQ Children’s/Middle Grade
An ALA 2021 Rainbow Book List’s Top 10 Titles for Young Readers
A Kirkus 2020 Best Children’s Books
A YALSA’s 2021 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
“Woven with magic.” ― Kirkus, starred review
“Children figuring out where they fit in will appreciate this stunning work that does double duty as an absorbing adventure and a gentle musing on gender identity, family, and acceptance.” ― School Library Journal, starred review
“A rich tapestry of a story, with action and character development in equal measure.” ― Booklist
“Likely to win over young fans of queer fantasy.” ― Publishers Weekly
“This full-color graphic novel has much to offer its readers: the action of a family coup, the world building of a fascinating faith of spinners and weavers, and a transgender character finding her place in the world.” ― School Library Connection
“[The Deep & Dark Blue is] exactly the type of book to give to a trans child who’s coming to terms with their identity. Smith designed the story to be gentle and empathetic while also providing the fun and thrills of a fantasy epic of daring-do and friendship. This is a complete epic story…a book for a kid to cherish and keep forever.” ― Bleeding Cool
The Witch Boy meets The Legend of Korra in this breathtaking, epic graphic novel.
After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, twins Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will.
As the twins learn more about the Communion and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce struggles to keep the threads of her new life from unraveling, and realizes she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl.
The Deep & Dark Blue
Little, Brown and Company
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-316-48598-2
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-316-48601-9
256 pages
Interviews
Newsarama – THE DEEP & DARK BLUE Explores Trans Character Through Familiar – but Inverted – Trope
The Beat – INTERVIEW: Niki Smith talks color, queer rep, & world-building in THE DEEP & DARK BLUE
