Overview
International Literacy Association Book Award Winner
Whippoorwhill Award Winner
Reading the West Book Awards Shortlist
BEST OF THE YEAR
Washington Post Ā· Booklist Editorsā Choice Ā· Publishers Weekly Ā· Horn Book Ā· New York Public Library
Tsalagi should never have to live on human blood, but sometimes things just happen to sixteen-year-old girls.
Making her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance that has swept the last decade.
Horror fans will get their thrills in this collection ā from werewolves to vampires to zombies ā all the time-worn horror baddies are there. But so are predators of a distinctly American variety ā the horrors of empire, of intimate partner violence, of dispossession. And so too the monsters of Rogersā imagination, that draw upon long-told Cherokee stories ā of Deer Woman, fantastical sea creatures, and more.
Following one extended Cherokee family across the centuries, from the tribeās homelands in Georgia in the 1830s to World War I, the Vietnam War, our own present, and well into the future, each story delivers a slice of a particular time period that will leave readers longing for more.
Alongside each story, Cherokee artist and language technologist Jeff Edwards delivers haunting illustrations that incorporate Cherokee syllabary.
But donāt just take it from us ā award-winning writer of The Only Good Indians and Mongrels Stephen Graham Jones says that "Andrea Rogers writes like the house is on fire and her words are the only thing that can put it out."
Man-Made Monsters is a masterful, heartfelt, haunting collection ripe for crossover appeal ā just donāt blame us if you start hearing things that go bump in the night.
P R A I S E
ā āMany of these stories sound as if they were passed down as family histories. It may read like speculative fiction, but it feels like truth.ā
āHorn Book (starred)
ā āStunning collection of short stories follows a Cherokee family through two centuries, beginning with something akin to a vampire attack and ending with zombies.ā
āBCCB (starred)
ā āSpine-tingling...A simultaneously frightening and enthralling read.ā
āPublishers Weekly (starred)
ā āChillingā¦ Exquisiteā¦ A creepy and artful exploration of a haunting heritage.ā
āKirkus (starred)
ā āStartlingā¦Will leave readersāadults as well as teensāunsettled, feeling like they have caught a glimpse into a larger world.ā
āBooklist (starred)
ā āTeen and adult readers looking for a taste of the gorgeously gruesome should snap up this dark, engrossing jewel.ā
āShelf-Awareness (starred)
āDazzling, diverse, often terrifying.ā
āBuffalo News
āSometimes the only way to grapple with a monstrous past is through horror.ā
āMinneapolis Star Tribune
āIncredibly grounded and intoxicating. A haunting and stunning book for you to enjoy.ā
āBuzzfeed
āA brilliant and expansive journey across time, seen through a Cherokee lens. This collection is full to the brim with voice and breadth, including but not limited to magic, horror, and fantasy. The book is fun, funny, and dead-serious. It is beautifully written, and it is full of monsters.ā
āTommy Orange, Pulitzer Prize finalist author of There, There
āRogers writes like the house is on fire and her words are the only thing that can put it out.ā
āStephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of Mongrels and The Only Good Indian
āFierce, fantastic, ingeniously Indigenous. Smashes all expectations. I felt my teeth getting sharper with every turn of a page.ā
āCynthia Leitich Smith, New York Times bestselling author and author-curator of Heartdrum
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