Description:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER
- Printed edges that match the endpapers.
- Metallic paperstock on jacket.
- Gorgeous full-color interior.
- Foil stamp on case.
Brief description:
Named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People, Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning writer, speaker, and model based in New York, New York. After graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature, she wrote her groundbreaking, instant #1 New York Times-bestselling series, which includes Children of Blood and Bone, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, and Children of Anguish and Anarchy. The trilogy has sold over 3 million copies around the world.
Tomi can be found kicking ass in her local boxing gym.Review Quotes:
"A forceful, strikingly poetic narrative that looks trauma, grief, and death in the face without flinching." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review
A TIME Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time
A New York Times Notable Children's Book
A Kirkus Prize Finalist
A TIME Top 10 Best YA and Children's Book
A NPR's Book Concierge Great Read
A Bustle Best Young Adults Book
A Paste Magazine Best YA Novel
A Newsweek's Best Book
A Boston Globe's Best Children's Book
A Publishers Weekly Best YA Book
A School Library Journal Best Book
A Chicago Public Library Best Book
A New York Public Library Top Ten Showstopper Favorite (Notable 100 Books for Kids)
A TAYSHAS Reading List Selection
A YALSA Best Fiction
A YALSA Teen's Top Ten Book List Selection "A magnificent, heartrending, earthshaking debut." --New York Times-bestselling author Daniel José Older "Powerful, captivating, and raw--Adeyemi is a talent to watch. Exceptional." --Kirkus, Starred Review "Adeyemi's devastating debut is a brutal, beautiful tale of revolution, faith, and star-crossed love." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "... Adeyemi keeps it fresh with an all-black cast of characters, a meaningful emphasis on fighting for justice, a complex heroine saving her own people, and a brand of magic made more powerful by the strength of heritage and ancestry." --Booklist, Starred Review "...A refreshing YA fantasy with an all-West African cast of characters that should be on every shelf." --School Library Journal, Starred Review "This is an exceptional debut from the author and will have a huge audience desperately waiting for more. Children of Blood and Bone is perfect for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Nancy Farmer, and Angie Thomas." --VOYA, Starred Review "Nigerian culture and geography... give this fantasy a distinct flavor, further distinguished by the intensity of emotion." --Horn Book "Poses thought-provoking questions about race, class and authority that hold up a warning mirror to our sharply divided society." -The New York Times "A fast-paced, excellently crafted hero's journey...populated with compelling and nuanced black characters." -NPR "A debut novel that is nearly impossible to put down."-USA Today "Adeyemi's writing is beautiful and immersive." -Tor.com "A miraculous achievement." -The Guardian Children of Virtue and Vengeance An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick
A TIME Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time
A TIME 100: Most Influential People
An NPR's Best Book "Electrifying." --The New York Times "Like its predecessor, Children of Virtue and Vengeance is fast-paced and unafraid to ask tough questions about the cyclical nature of oppression and the systems that enforce it." --TIME "Relentless even beyond its finish, this is a sure-fire hit." --Booklist, starred review "A vivid, visceral tale studded with action and capped with a literary gut-punch." --Publishers Weekly "The passion and drama in the writing are as powerful as ever . . . Readers delighted by the complex, politically sophisticated kingdom of Orïsha will cheer its return in this alluring sequel." --The Horn Book Children of Anguish and Anarchy
An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
Indie Bestseller
A Children"s Book Council Librarian Favorites Award Grades 9-12 Selection
"[A] marvel of a final installment, Children of Anguish and Anarchy begs readers to start again--just to cherish all that Orïsha has accomplished." --Booklist, Starred Review