One of the most exciting books of the summ er\, and we're hosting the author\, right here in DC at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library downtown. Grab your teens &\; come out for a thrilling evening!
\nThis program in partnership with Mahogany Books and the
DC Public Library Foundation for their generous support of this event.
Guests ages 13-19 can use code KNOWYOURPOWER24 for a FREE
ticket and complementary copy of the book\, care of the DC Public Library
Foundation and the KNOW YOUR POWER Teen Arts Contest.
Wa
nt to catch up before Book 3?
Check out the first book in the
series that started it all Children of Blood &\; Bone &\; the sequel
Children of Virtue &\; Vengence at your neighborhood library.
For reasonable accommodations\, please contact the Center for Acce ssibility at 202-727-2142 or DCPLaccess@dc.gov. For ASL or tactile interpr etation\, please allow at least seven (7) days notice.
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Featuring gorgeous designed edges\, dazzling metallic foil designs on the jacket and case\, and an exclusive endpaper map that reveals new un explored territories\, Tomi Adeyemi&rsquo\;s #1 New York Times-bestselling Legacy of Orï\;sha series comes to an earth-shaking conclusion.
\nNew allies rise.
The Blood Moon nears.
Zé\;lie faces her final enemy.
The king who hunts her
heart.
When Zé\;lie seized the royal palace that fatefu l night\, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had fin ally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zé\;lie never expected to fin d herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors wit h iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas\, far from their homeland.
\nThen everything changes when Zé\;lie meets King Ba ldyr\, her true captor\, the ruler of the Skulls\, and the man who has rav aged entire civilizations to find her. Baldyr&rsquo\;s quest to harness Z& eacute\;lie&rsquo\;s strength sends Zé\;lie\, Amari\, and Tzain sear ching for allies in unknown lands.
\nBut as Baldyr closes in\, catas trophe charges Orï\;sha&rsquo\;s shores. It will take everything Z&eac ute\;lie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.
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\nNamed one of TIME magazine&rsquo\;s 100 Most Influential People\, Tomi Adeyemi is a Hugo- and Nebula Award&ndash\;winni ng Nigerian American writer and storyteller based in New York\, New York. After graduating from Harvard University with an honors degree in English literature\, she studied West African mythology\, religion\, and culture i n Salvador\, Brazil. Her first novel\, Children of Blood and Bone\, debute d at #1 on the New York Times \;bestseller list. Its highly anticipate d sequel\, Children of Virtue and Vengeance\, also debuted at #1 on the Ne w York Times \;bestseller list. Tomi&rsquo\;s Legacy of Orï\;sha t rilogy is being developed into a feature film by Paramount Pictures with G ina Prince-Bythwood of The Woman King set to direct. Tomi can be found tea ching creative writing online at thewritersroadmap.net. In 2020\, she was named one of Forbes&rsquo\;s 30 Under 30 in Media\, and her website was na med one of the 101 Best Websites for writers by Writer&rsquo\;s Digest. Le arn more at tomiadeyemi.com
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