(S)Kin: Two: Father Sun

by Ibi Zoboi
This novel in verse follows Marisol, the fifteen-year-old daughter of a mythical creature called a soucouyant, and Genevieve, a seventeen-year-old navigating her relationships with her stepmother and new siblings, as they uncover the magic and deep family secrets that bind them together.

Here are links to our lists for the book: Marisol: Nightmare - Genevieve: Life, Marisol: Work - Genevieve: Home, Two: Father Sun, Three: Sister Stars
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  1. divert
    send on a course different from the planned or intended one
    When the scientists and scholars from
    all over the world came to steal our stories;
    came to expose our magic, we banded
    together to divert their attention...
  2. kin
    group of people related by blood or marriage
    Why does Mummy call this place our home when
    they are not family; they are not even magical kin?
  3. contemplate
    look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
    I watch her as she contemplates
    a piece of bread.
  4. bout
    a period of indeterminate length marked by some condition
    And who will have
    a sudden bout
    of fever and illness
    after the next time
    we shift and fly and
    settle back into
    our skins
    to make this house
    into a home?
  5. emerge
    become known or apparent
    “You are beautiful, Ms. Kate,”
    Mummy says. “In time, your
    new mothering self will emerge
    out of your old self, and she will
    be even more beautiful.”
  6. sustenance
    a source of food or nourishment
    Meals that have been prepared over open flames
    to remind us that this is the sacred sustenance
    for our bodies, but not for our soucouyant souls.
  7. excavate
    recover through digging
    We both didn’t know that
    Genevieve had been standing there,
    just standing there at the top of the stairs
    when her father excavates this truth—
  8. phoenix
    a legendary bird that burned to death and emerged reborn
    I wanted so badly to rise out of my own
    dissolved body like a phoenix out of ashes.
  9. dollop
    a soft lump or portion of something, especially food
    She sits me down at the edge of my bed
    and scoops out a dollop of the coconut oil
    and gently spreads it across the top of my hands.
  10. torrent
    a violently fast stream of water or other liquid
    And I become a storm—
    a torrent of rage, guilt, confusion, and
    relief.
  11. seething
    in constant agitation
    Dad, while rocking Elliott in his arms,
    takes a deep breath like he’s inhaling
    the whole house. “No. That’s not what
    she’s here for, Kate,” he says, seething.
  12. anthropology
    science of the origins and social relationships of humans
    I think of all the stories he’s told me about
    his trips to the Caribbean and why he got
    into anthropology in the first place—
  13. spontaneous
    happening or arising without apparent external cause
    “Spontaneous human combustion
    has been debunked by science,” he
    says, with his wire-framed glasses
    slipping to the tip of his nose.
  14. debunk
    expose while ridiculing
    “Spontaneous human combustion
    has been debunked by science,” he
    says, with his wire-framed glasses
    slipping to the tip of his nose.
  15. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
    Her skin is almost
    translucent
    and the brown freckles
    are like grains of sand
    strewn across her
    sunshine face.
Created on Thu Oct 09 08:29:38 EDT 2025 (updated Wed Nov 12 13:53:03 EST 2025)

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