Children of Blood and Bone [electronic resource]
Adeyemi, Tomi2018
eBook
Winner of the Tonight Show Summer Reads with Jimmy Fallon. Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone. They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. When different clans ruled – Burners igniting flames, Tiders beckoning waves, and Zélie's Reaper mother summoning forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, anyone with powers was targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Only a few people remain with the power to use magic, and they must remain hidden. Zélie is one such person. Now she has a chance to bring back magic to her people and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must learn to harness her powers and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Danger lurks in Orïsha, where strange creatures prowl, and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to come to terms with the strength of her magic – and her growing feelings for an enemy. The movie of Children of Blood and Bone is in development at Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions with the incredible Karen Rosenfelt and Wyck Godfrey (Twilight, Maze Runner, The Fault In Our Stars) producing it.
Main title:
Children of Blood and Bone [electronic resource] / Tomi Adeyemi
Author:
Adeyemi, Tomi, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Pan Macmillan, 2018
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Legacy of Orisha
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3
Biography/History:
Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego, California. After graduating Harvard University with an honours degree in English literature, she studied West African mythology and culture in Salvador, Brazil. When not writing novels or watching Scandal, Tomi teaches and blogs about creative writing on her website, named one of the 101 best websites for writers by Writer's Digest. Children of Blood and Bone was her debut novel.
Awards:
Nebula Award (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America)Hugo Award (World Science Fiction Society)William C. Morris Debut Young Adult Award Finalist (Young Adult Library Services Association)Best Fiction for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association)
ISBN:
9781509871360
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
359673