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SUMMER READS FOR SEPTEMBER

Children of Blood and Bone Tomi Adeyemi Moderator: Heidi Breidenstein Don't miss the book  Entertainment Weekly  calls "a phenomenon." Tomi Adeyemi's  Children of Blood and Bone  conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her #1  New York Times  bestselling West African-inspired young adult fantasy debut. They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Danger lurks in Orïsha, where