Eden’s Everdark starts with a beautiful cover, and continues with a great middle grade story of grief, death, African ancestry, magic, freedom of spirits.  I loved how Eden was very much a child, but still headstrong, inquisitive and also respectful.  I like how she got to trace her history back to slavery and how the cultivation of the land gave them their magic.  The grief component was handled well without dwelling or minimizing it.  Book was full of lush imagery, without overdoing it.  This is a beautiful story for anyone, but I hope little black girls find it especially helpful in being proud of their history and wanting to find out where they come from.