Description
Description
The last night of Claire Ryland's old life in the closet was pretty normal, aside from the alley fight with interdimensional monsters. Fortunately, the drummer of her favorite local band transformed into a magical girl and saved her.
Then Claire became a magical girl as well. Things got a little complicated after that.
Now Claire is juggling two new lives: living as a girl and as a member of Portland's super-secret supernatural defense squad, the hard-rocking magical girls known as ... Magica Riot!
The story of a young transgender woman who's discovering herself at the same time she's learning how to be a magical girl, Magica Riot is an action-filled musical adventure inspired by classic magical girl anime, tokusatsu shows, and the vibe of the American Pacific Northwest. Featuring a cast of LGBTQ+ magical girls, mysterious monsters, and villains that are more than they appear to be, Magica Riot shows that finding your true self is the first step toward saving the world.
The debut work in the Maidensong Magica universe of magical girl stories!
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan is brilliant trans joy. It's a charming delight filled with appreciation of music and of queer women...Magica Riot is in other words a book that needed to be written. I want to give a copy to every trans woman I love. This is not to say this is a book for trans people only. It's a good book for girls and women of different ages, for anyone who loves women, anyone who is a feminist, anyone who loves music." -Dean Leetal, Strange Horizons Magazine
"This book asks the important question: What if the Powerpuff Girls were a trans punk band with magical music powers who fight monsters and save the world? The answer, it turns out, is a heck of a lot of fun." -Dani Finn, author of The World Within and They of the West
"When I read the first book in Charlie Jane Anders' Unstoppable Trilogy, I knew it was the sort of book I would have been obsessed with in middle school, had such queer books existed. Magica Riot gives me the same vibes." - Vivian Moira Valentine, author of the Amelia Temple series
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
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