You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey is a hilarious yet poignant collection of anecdotes written by Amber Ruffin, a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and her sister Lacey Lamar. This book dives into the absurd and often shocking everyday experiences of racism that Lacey encounters.

Amber Ruffin lives in New York, where she is no one's First Black Friend, and everyone is, as she puts it, "stark raving normal." However, her sister Lacey remains in their home state of Nebraska, where her experiences are anything but normal. From encounters in racist donut shops to strangers putting their whole hand in her hair, Lacey's stories are both hilariously ridiculous and painfully real.

Lacey is often mistaken for various people, from a prostitute to Harriet Tubman, showcasing the bizarre and often offensive assumptions people make. She is the perfect mix of polite, beautiful, petite, and Black, which apparently makes people think, "I can say whatever I want to this woman."

Through their laugh-out-loud sisterly banter, Amber and Lacey share these entertainingly horrifying stories. Whether painfully relatable or shockingly eye-opening, this book tackles modern-day racism with the perfect balance of levity and gravity.

Twelve-year-old Addie admires her older sister Meryl, who aspires to rid the kingdom of Bamarre of gryphons, specters, and ogres. Addie, on the other hand, is fearful even of spiders and depends on Meryl for courage and protection. Waving her sword Bloodbiter, the older girl declaims in the garden from the heroic epic of Drualt to a thrilled audience of Addie, their governess, and the young sorcerer Rhys.

But when Meryl falls ill with the dreaded Gray Death, Addie must gather her courage and set off alone on a quest to find the cure and save her beloved sister. Addie takes the seven-league boots and magic spyglass left to her by her mother and the enchanted tablecloth and cloak given to her by Rhys - along with a shy declaration of his love. She prevails in encounters with tricky specters (spiders too) and outwits a wickedly personable dragon in adventures touched with romance and a bittersweet ending.