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The Library Shop in Partnership with Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore are bringing Tomi Adeyemi to your San Diego Central Library!
Join local YA author Tomi Adeyemi for the West Coast launch event of the highly anticipated sequel to her instant #1 New York Times bestselling debut, Children of Blood & Bone. This will be Tomi's only West Coast appearance on her tour. Tomi will personalize one book and sign the rest. Photos will be allowed. This is a ticketed event. One ticket is $23 and includes a hardcover copy of the new book, Children of Virtue & Vengeance and two seats at the event. The event will be an in-conversation with Adalyn Grace. A book signing will follow. Tickets are available through the Library Shop's partner for this event, Mysterious Galaxy. Proceeds support the San Diego Public Library.
HOW TO PURCHASE BOOKS & TICKETS:
Visit the Library Shop's website for details on how to purchase tickets:
http://www.libraryshopsd.org/events/tomi
This event will be held in the Neil Morgan Auditorium at the San Diego Central Library @ Joan Λ Irwin Jacobs Common. Tickets to the event must be purchased through the above link.
Children of Blood & Bone has earned rapturous praise, with Entertainment Weekly calling it "a phenomenon". The New York Times said it "poses thought-provoking questions about race, class and authority that hold up a warning mirror to our sharply divided society.
In the next book of the Legacy of Orisha trilogy, Children of Virtue & Vengeance, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they couldve imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too. Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. With civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself at a breaking point: she must discover a way to bring the kingdom together or watch as Orïsha tears itself apart.
More praise for Children of Blood & Bone:
Adeyemi taps into a rich imaginative lineage as she weaves West African mythology into a bespoke world that resonates with our own. -- The Atlantic
The epic Ive been waiting for. -- New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu
One of the biggest young adult fiction debut book deals of the year. -- Teen Vogue
New York Times Notable Children's Books of 2018
TIME Top 10 Best YA and Children's Books of 2018
NPR's Book Concierge 2018 Great Reads List
Buzzfeed's 24 Best YA Books of 2018
Bustle's Top 25 Best Young Adults Books of 2018