“The Marvellers” by Dhonielle Clayton. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Genre: Middle grade fantasy. Location: a magical school in the sky. Time: Alternative future.
Ella Durand lives in New Orleans. She’s the older daughter in a family of conjurers. When she receives an invitation to attend the Arcanum Training Institute for Marvelous and Uncanny Endeavors, she becomes the 1st conjurer ever invited. Now she’s heading off to the sky, happily assuming other new recruits will be interested in her special skills. But will they? In fact, conjurors weren’t allowed to attend the Institute until Ella’s papa filed a suit against the Institute.
Author Clayton’s review offers great world building and sympathetic characters. One can tell it will be a book full of cultural differences and confusions, requiring learning and understanding on all sides. I can’t wait to read it!
Ella Durand lives in New Orleans. She’s the older daughter in a family of conjurers. When she receives an invitation to attend the Arcanum Training Institute for Marvelous and Uncanny Endeavors, she becomes the 1st conjurer ever invited. Now she’s heading off to the sky, happily assuming other new recruits will be interested in her special skills. But will they? In fact, conjurors weren’t allowed to attend the Institute until Ella’s papa filed a suit against the Institute.
Author Clayton’s review offers great world building and sympathetic characters. One can tell it will be a book full of cultural differences and confusions, requiring learning and understanding on all sides. I can’t wait to read it!