I Am the Swarm by Hayley Chewins Cozy plan to escape Timbuktu and

plan to escape Timbuktu and make a new life far away from the shadow of death that has fallen upon the emperor’s court

only the cunning survive

She calls him the Nightmare

but she still hasn’t recovered

behind and disappear forever

I Am the Swarm by Hayley Chewins Cozy plan to escape Timbuktu andA propulsive YA novel in verse that blends the contemporary magic of Jandy Nelson with the simmering feminist rage of Laurie Halse Andersons Shout As far back as anyone can remember, the women of the Strand family have been magical. Their gifts manifest when they each turn fifteen, always in different ways. But Nell Strand knows that her family's magic is a curse. Her mothers age changes every day; she's often too young to be the mother Nell needs.