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Miri Castor

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Brooklyn, The United States

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Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy

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Miri Castor is the author of Opal Charm: The Path to Dawn. She spent many recesses in middle school writing fantasy stories, with Opal Charm being one of many. She has written for Black Girl Magic Literary Magazine and was featured as a Spotlight New Author in 2016.
Now attending a university on the East Coast, she studies biochemistry and will receive her B.S. in 2016. She enjoys playing video games, attending music concerts, and strolling through the City.

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Average rating: 4.32 · 69 ratings · 33 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Path to Dawn (Opal Charm, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope in Nautical Dusk (Opal Charm, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Path to Dusk (Opal Charm, #0) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Girl Magic Lit Mag Issue 1 by Kenesha Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kortney Hinton (Co-Editor), Tiara Jante (Goodreads Author) (Co-Editor) 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Girl Magic Lit Mag Issue 2 by Kenesha Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor-in-Chief), Angelicque Bautista (Contributor), Miri Castor (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I've finally gotten back into reading books! I've been on a roll since Feb and I don't plan to stop, not even for school (jk, I have to during midterms). I'm gonna read more YA/general spec fiction books from self-published authors for a bit.
It's so refreshing since all I've read for past few months was my own book. I can't touch The Path to Dawn for a while, so I'll be reading everything but tha Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 14, 2016 20:53 • Tags: opal-charm, ya-books

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Description: The beginning of Opal Charm: The Path to Dawn. Opal wakes up to her first day of junior high, unknowingly waking up to a life that will change her forever.

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Miri Castor rated a book it was amazing The City We Became (Great Cities #1) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The best fucking love letter to NYC if I ever had read one. A highly recommended read, especially if you're a NYer. Particularly, a PoC one. This one is for us.
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Adeyemi knows how to tug at the romantic in me. She effortlessly weaves character with this magical world of Orisha and that's pretty fucking awesome. My love for Zelie waxes and wanes, Amari was extremely well-written. Roen deserves a special shout ...more
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Very few of these were misses for me. The rest was amazing! The fact that Jemisin has so many different voices is a feat in itself. I'm going to read so much more from her this year!
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Very few of these were misses for me. The rest was amazing! The fact that Jemisin has so many different voices is a feat in itself. I'm going to read so much more from her this year!
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