Rust in the Root

"It’s 1937 and large swaths of the U.S. are being decimated by Blights, zones where magic has corrupted and decayed every living thing. Laura is the newest recruit to the Bureau of the Arcane’s Conservation Corps’ colored division. She and her crew head deep into Ohio to face necromancy, the klan and all the horrors of racism in America. Justina Ireland returns to young adult alternate history with a crackling, epic fantasy complete with real historic photos from the Library of Congress."