“Who built this house? Whose money? Whose blood?”Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt a house. **Trynne Delaney’s debut novel explores the insidious legacies of violence and oppression—**and how Black, queer love and resistance can disrupt them.With her dad’s incarceration, escalating fights with her mom, and an overbearing stepdad she’s not sure she can trust, Asha is desperate for the fresh start promised ...

the half-drowned is a vision of a future at the end of the world where what survives is the shapeshifting love of family both given and chosen. Drawing on the Afro-diasporic ancestral knowledge of water and the urgency of desire, Delaney builds a glittering, speculative world where community holds through grief, where we must choose to fend for ourselves while also caring for others. the half-drowned is a genre-bending novella that crafts a polyphony of voices to speak to...

“[A] thoughtful reflection on how bigotry of the past informs the hauntings of the present.”—STARRED review, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (CCBC)Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt a house.With her dad’s incarceration, escalating fights with her mom, and an overbearing stepdad she’s not sure she can trust, Asha is desperate for the fresh start promised by a move to the country. Her great aunt Aggie’s crumb...