Violence and gore are present throughout.
Fans of Children of Blood and Bone, Mulan, and the Dora Milaje from Black Panther are going to adore The. The fast-paced plot is jam-packed with action that will propel readers to learn the fate of Deka and her friends. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The epic, hotly anticipated sequel to the instant bestseller The Gilded Ones about a girl with the power to remake her worldor destroy it. The author skillfully and seamlessly pegs the civic landscape into the rich fantastical world she has built. Punishment and suffering are rampant via violence and torture. Set in an ancient West African-inspired world. Brutality awaits for anyone who dares to cross the line of what is deemed ordinary in Otera. Discover the gripping sequel to Namina Fornas New York Times bestselling YA fantasy, THE GILDED ONES. Clear metaphors abound as Forna tackles meaningful topics, including misogyny, patriarchal oppression, racism, colorism, prejudice, homophobia, and the gender binary. Only then can she uncover the truth to solve the enigma of her people’s history. Treachery and lies spread among the different sides, and the Nuru must persevere to find the angoro, the most powerful of Oteran artifacts. Deka pieces together information about the possible existence of Idugu, another god the mothers deny exists. As the land of Otera is being ravaged by war, a tyrannical “cleansing” is planned by the enemy to annihilate her blood sisters, the alaki, perceived as monsters and murdered for their valuable golden blood. Gr 8 Up–This book picks up six months after Deka has learned that she is Nuru, a powerful daughter of the goddesses she has just freed.
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