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A Different Kind of Black
Victoria Black has always been different.
Raised in the Muggle world, Victoria grew up knowing nothing about magic, Hogwarts, or the expectations that came with being a Black.
Then, just before her eleventh birthday, she discovers that she's a witch.
Suddenly, she's leaving California behind and moving to Britain, where she finds herself living with her distant relatives, the Malfoys. At Hogwarts, she's sorted into Slytherin-the house almost every Black before her belonged to-and begins discovering a world she never knew existed.
But Victoria refuses to see the wizarding world the way her family does.
She doesn't believe blood makes someone better. She doesn't understand why the Malfoys despise the Weasleys. And she certainly doesn't plan on choosing her friends based on their family names.
As Victoria grows closer to Ginny, Fred, George, and Ron Weasley, she finds herself caught between two worlds: the family she was born into and the people she has chosen for herself.
And then there's Draco.
Her cousin. Her best friend. The person who understands her better than almost anyone-and the person whose beliefs seem harder and harder for her to accept.
As the years pass, friendships change, feelings become complicated, and the darkness surrounding the wizarding world grows.
Because being a Black means carrying a family legacy. But Victoria is determined to decide what that legacy means for herself.
She may have been born a Black.
But she was never meant to be the same kind.