Amari and the Great Game: The magical sequel to the New York Times bestseller AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS, new for 2022!

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But as things go from bad to worse she finds herself locked in a battle against Dylan to see who will be crowned the head magician.

There was just the right amount of choice to suit everyone without being overwhelming and I received comments from parents and staff about the quality of books offered compared to previous sales which have always been based around current crazes and well known celebrity authors. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The 1st-book in the series, Amari and the Night Brothers, completely stole my heart when I read it in 2021. Praise for AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS: "This series debut is sure to be a hit with late elementary students and middle graders who are fans of "Harry Potter," "Percy Jackson," and the Men in Black movies. My favorite part of the book was the final third of the book, and this is where I got hooked on the story, but I should have been hooked at the beginning.Amari turns to the secret League of Magicians, hoping to get help and disprove popular opinion about magicians. The ending was also rushed, with the”reveal” being slightly better paced than the first book but the second reveal just being too short. The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner's magical rewards is Quinton's last hope--so how can Amari refuse? Because it was throwing a lot of information at you from the off, and it being two years since I read book one meant it did take a little while for me to get back into things. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers' successor and determine the future of magiciankind.

She's still dealing with the fallout of Dylan's betrayal and trying to figure out how to break the curse on Quinton. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Farshore) – hardback In Amari and the Night Brothers, Amari finds her brother and saves the entire supernatural world. We deal a lot in this one with magicians and the sort of negative associations many in the Bureau have of them. While many parallels can be drawn between the protagonist and a certain boy wizard, readers will root for Amari's own unique determination and wit.I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! stars - While I don't think this is quite as strong as the first book (the game element in particular I felt was a bit off and dragged at times), the connection to Amari as our protagonist is definitely still there and the ending is such a cliffhanger! Just as magical, imaginative, exciting, well written and emotive as book one, The Great Game was impossible to put down is was once again a story I could easily dive straight back into in a heartbeat.

Regardless of my slight, and I do mean very slight, diminished enjoyment, this is still hands-down one of the best Middle Grade Fantasy series on the market currently. So the how this ends, I’m very curious to continue and learn how the characters decide to go on from here! I had just finished Empire of Storms, was suffering a MAJOR book hangover and just was in more of a YA mood. But I have wanted to get to this one as soon as I finished the first book and the wait was well worth it. I went into Amari and the Great Game expecting great things, but it ultimately fell a bit flat for me.This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers’ successor and determine the future of magiciankind. When she turns down the offer to head the League of Magicians to stand up against the animosity, she sets in motion a series of events that result in a deadly game for power and control. I was at my last school for 4 years and we had ********* book fairs every term – and every term, I was disappointed by the narrow range of books. This timely, energetic, first-person narrative moves quickly with clear descriptions, a thrilling buildup, and strong messages about profiling. Instead she is offered the Crown of Count Vladimir, a rare treasure that confers powers she doesn’t feel ready to accept.