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Michelle Ruiz Keil's #OwnVoices debut is a literary YA fantasy about love, found family, and healing-an ode to post-punk San Francisco through the eyes of a Mexican American girl.
Michelle Ruiz Keil is a Latinx novelist and playwright with an eye for the enchanted and a way with animals. She teaches writing with a focus on fairytale, divination, and archetype and curates All Kinds of Fur- A Fairytale Reading Series and Salon in Portland, Oregon. She has been a fellow at the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and Lit Camp. Her published short fiction can be found on Cosmonauts Avenue, and she has a forthcoming theater piece in collaboration with Shaking the Tree Theater. All of Us with Wings is her first novel.
A Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated #OwnVoices YA Book of 2019
A Paste Best Young Adult Book of June 2019
A Book Riot Most Anticipated LGBTQ Read of 2019
A Book Riot Must-Read Debut Book of 2019
A She Reads Best YA Book of 2019
A Hip Latina Best YA Book of 2019
A Powell’s Top 5 Pick for 2019
Praise for All of Us With Wings
“Keil’s ambitious debut is jam-packed with twists and depth and
froth and function . . . [this is] a book about embracing
everything—people, lifestyles, beliefs, experiences—and, in so
doing, finding your own distinct power.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“In the vein of many poignant teen fictions these days, Ruiz Keil
has chosen to focus with compassion on a difficult reality for
young people: that sometimes their parents will make incredibly
damaging choices; and that, in the wake of those damaging choices,
everyone will be left to decide if and how they move on . . . And
what better literary backdrop exists, for themes of family rent so
theatrically and disastrously asunder, than Shakespeare
itself?”
—Strange Horizons
“Michelle Ruiz Keil’s strange but original premise gives fresh
perspective to the ways pain and rage can manifest themselves as
toxic elements that threaten a person’s well-being and endanger
those around them.”
—NBC News
“In her debut novel, Michelle Ruiz Keil crafts a fantastical ode to
the Golden City’s postpunk era.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“A spellbinding tale about finding magic in the mundane and hope in
the unknown. Filled with dizzying danger and electrifying
music, All of Us with Wings left me breathless.”
—Ruth Ozeki, Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author of A Tale
for the Time Being
“Michelle Ruiz Keil creates a vivid and original novel full of
music, rage, and characters that sing with purpose. Keil is a new
voice to keep an eye on.”
—Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of Labyrinth Lost
“All of Us with Wings is a decadent slice of post-punk rockstardom
that will have you begging to stay at the party till sunrise. This
gorgeous debut looks unflinchingly into often unexplored
experiences of adolescence—abuse and addiction, lust and desire,
found families and chosen homes—finding beauty and redemption even
in the darkest places.”
—Tehlor Kay Mejia, author of We Set the Dark on Fire
“I'm convinced that Michelle Ruiz Keil has woven a magic spell into
these pages. All of Us with Wings is gorgeous, gritty, and utterly
transfixing.”
—Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless
“Michelle Ruiz Keil puts exquisite language and wild imagination to
the fierce onslaught of sensation and doubt that is adolescence.
This is a story for young adults, but perhaps it is also a deeply
poetic tale of what is lost in the transition to
adulthood.”
—Joanna Rose, author of Little Miss Strange
"If Umbrella Academy has you in the mood for more fantastical
schooling adventures, Keil’s YA-debut may be a good continuation .
. . When Pallas and Xochi accidentally summon ancient powers on the
Vernal Equinox, their homeschooling takes a dive into the mythical,
with both characters learning about the powers (and consequences)
of vengeance."
—Electric Lit
“An irresistible punk rock spirit . . . sets it apart from standard
fantasy fare.”
—Popsugar
“A sort of goth Weetzie Bat, but even that doesn’t quite capture
[its] beauty . . . The prose is gorgeous and lyrical and positively
glitters, and the characters are vivid and lush. I loved this
book.”
—Book Riot
“All of Us with Wings is the coming-of-age story for those of us
whose adolescence didn't fit the script . . . Told in luminous
prose, this novel achieves an intoxicating blend of fairytale and
realism that quickly proves addictive.”
—Lit Reactor
“Put me under a happy spell.”
—OPB's State of Wonder
“Bursting with magic.”
—Audio File
“Michelle Ruiz Keil has crafted something of astonishing radiance
with All of Us with Wings; it's not always easy or pretty, but it's
a novel with real staying power that will reward all who succumb to
its magic.”
—Locus Magazine
“The writing soars . . . This tale of found family and recovery
weaves an unforgettable punk rock-infused spell.”
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
“[An] atmospheric debut . . . Keil plays with prose and imagery,
interweaving the dreamlike language of Francesca Lia Block with a
Latin-American sensibility. The frank inclusion of sexual
exploration and drug use adds an extra level of maturity to this
thoughtful story about trauma and vengeance, adult decision making,
and recovery.”
—Publishers Weekly
“This intricately constructed urban fantasy is complex and
beautiful, blending folklore, San Franciscan history, the music
scene, vampires, magic, and the intertwined lives of characters,
including a cat named Peasblossom who sees and understands more
than the humans . . . Fantasy fans will find this book appealing,
fun, and hard to put down.”
—School Library Journal
"Punk-rock and music fans in general will especially love the flow
of this book . . . A delicious debut filled with prose that reads
like poetry."
—Booklist
“Michelle Ruiz Keil’s debut is sure to leave readers thinking about
trauma, forgiveness, and growth.”
—Bookish
“Intriguing and well-crafted.”
—YA Books Central
“Keil is at her best playing with the magical realism element . . .
using lush, imagistic prose to cast a dreamy (sometimes
nightmarish) pall over the scenes.”
—Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
“All of Us with Wings is unapologetically queer, sexy and colorful.
It doesn’t pull its punches, but it also examines narratives of
rape recovery in an as ethical a manner as possible. There is hope,
it says. There is family. There is life beyond the
trauma.”
—Young Adulting
“Magical realism that hits hard.”
—Cultura Colectiva
“All of Us with Wings is a book about trauma in all its forms and
the price others pay for us accepting, rejecting, or ignoring our
pain. But it’s also about found families and not letting your past
define your future. Every library with a young adult section should
buy this book—you never know which of your teens will need it as
much as I did.”
—Alex Brown, Punk-Ass Book Jockey blog
“A fascinating story about growing up.”
—Rich in Color blog
“A remarkable, refreshing, dangerous book filled with beautiful
language. Michelle Ruiz Keil brings the supernatural, the world of
art and music, themes of abuse and agency, and characters so real,
my heart broke for more than one of them.”
—Doug C., Powell’s Books (Portland, OR)
“A stunning re-imagining of Jane Eyre, set in San Francisco and
exploring themes of found family, processing trauma, and growing up
. . . With her magical setting, lush prose, and unforgettable
characters, Michelle Ruiz Keil has created a world that you won’t
want to leave.”
—Cecilia Cackley, East City Bookshop (Washington, DC)
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