Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
*Connie’s Choice*
(YABC Site Manager)
Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, 3)
Author: B. B. Alston
Expected Publication Date: August 27, 2024
The highly anticipated third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Supernatural Investigations series that began with Amari and the Night Brothers!
Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and Nevermoor.
War has come to the supernatural world, and Amari’s two worst enemies are leading the charge.
Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind. Meanwhile, Dylan Van Helsing, the newly crowned leader of the League of Magicians—and Amari’s former partner—is after a destructive new power that would not only ensure the magicians’ victory . . . it would make him invincible.
With neither the Bureau nor the League safe for Amari, and her newly returned brother, Quinton, determined to keep her out of the fray, she and her friends decide to find a way to end the war on their own.
So when they learn that the only way to stop Dylan is to find powerful magical inventions known as Wonders, they go after them. But wielding these items comes at a terrible cost, and Amari will have to decide just how much she’s willing to sacrifice . . . because the Despicable Wonders will demand everything.
*Mark’s Choice*
(YABC Staff Reviewer)
The Oracle’s Door
Author: Zetta Elliott
Publishing Date: 9/14/24
Prequel to the bestselling series DRAGONS IN A BAG
Before Ma became the most powerful witch in Brooklyn…before Ma met a boy named Jaxon who helped her deliver three baby dragons to the realm of magic…long before Ma ended the war and vanquished the Scourge by choosing exile…she was just a curious, determined girl living on the South Side of Chicago. Lavinia Robinson, or “Vinny” as she’s called by her best friend L. Roy Jenkins, is always ready for adventure—even if it means breaking the rules. So when a faraway voice dares her to open a rainbow-edged door in the sky, Vinny doesn’t hesitate and discovers a world filled with dragons and other amazing creatures! But when her own world threatens to burn during the Red Summer of 1919, can Vinny summon enough magic to save the ones she loves? Told in alternating viewpoints—Ma as a centenarian and a nine-year-old novice witch—THE ORACLE’S DOOR reveals the parallels in Vinny’s and Jaxon’s lives while introducing young readers to tumultuous early twentieth-century Chicago. With her distinct blend of fantasy and history, Zetta Elliott weaves one last story with her beloved characters that is sure to enthrall young readers.
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