Told through the eyes of a self-proclaimed strong girl named Eden who wears her superhero cape everywhere she goes, the book delicately introduces the topic of racial injustice in an age-appropriate way. When Eden is stunned with fear after overseeing her parents watch something scary on the news, she begins to feel something she hadn't felt before: fear. After many "bandaids" to this fear, Eden realizes that the only way out is through. She allows herself to feel her fear and ultimately learns, through the loving words of her mother, that her inner light is what will guide her through our world's violence and injustice.

It is the shattering of Eden’s self-imposed superhero identity that allows EDEN’S LIGHT to do for young Black girls what some recent television shows have done for Black women: celebrate our “regularness” and therefore our humanity. A review of I May Destroy You reads, "It’s rare for black female characters to exist in a reality that allows them the space to figure things out in a less than perfect way. Black women are expected to be intuitive, wise, trustworthy superhero caretakers and any deviation from that role is viewed as less than respectable. I May Destroy You shines when it plays with this stereotype.”

Similarly, Kendrick Sampson from Insecure said once in an interview, “We’re either portrayed as sub-human or superhuman as Black people. We’re either criminalized and demonized or we have to be a hidden figure to earn the right for our story to be told. We have to explore the gray areas… those insecure areas that display us flaws and all in all our beauty…and see how we navigate that.”

 Thus we see the celebratory and symbolic removal of Eden’s cape and superhero mask by the end of the story. As a parent and educator, I heard many parents ask the question in 2020, “How can I discuss George Floyd with my young child without making them feel inferior?” Now, in 2025 I find those questions still ever present and arguably even more urgent. Through Eden’s Light, I hope to answer such questions. Eden’s mother gives her affirmations that help her understand her Blackness outside of racism. Rather than centering racism, she centers Eden. This beautiful moment is void of any white gaze and full of pride and joy. Ultimately, it is this humanness and self-love that is our super power, forcing readers to re-think and re-imagine both the superhero genre and what it means to have power as well as ‘Black Girl Magic” and life beyond supernatural strength.