As Dragons in a Bag series author Zetta Elliott wrote, "When I began writing for kids in 2000, I deliberately put kids of color at the center of magical adventures that transpired in their own neighborhoods. I wanted the urban students I taught to know that magic can happen to anyone, anywhere — not just white kids in a castle in England. I also 'talked back' to the books I read and loved as a child — books that enthralled me even as they distorted or altogether erased Black children."
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