This week, again, I have two trailers for my Book Trailer Friday post, one's an adult fiction novel set in India and about cricket (and much more) and the other is a Middle Grade fantasy, the start of a new series . . .
about Selection Day by Aravind Adiga (coming January 3, 2017 from Scribner)
Manju is fourteen. He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his elder brother Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented brother and is fascinated by CSI and curious and interesting scientific facts. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that he doesn't know . . . Everyone around him, it seems, has a clear idea of who Manju should be, except Manju himself.On Goodreads // buy from Amazon // RT +SimonSchusterCanada's tweet with the trailer
But when Manju begins to get to know Radha's great rival, a boy as privileged and confident as Manju is not, everything in Manju's world begins to change and he is faced by decisions that will challenge both his sense of self and of the world around him.
As sensitively observed as The White Tiger - Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008 - was brilliantly furious, Selection Day reveals another facet of Aravind Adiga's remarkable talent.
about Impyrium by Henry H. Neff (published October 11, 2016 by Harper Collins)
In the first book of Henry Neff’s new high-stakes middle grade fantasy series, two unlikely allies—the Faeregine princess Hazel and the servant boy Hob—confront a conspiracy that will shake the world of Impyrium to its core.
For over three thousand years, the Faeregine dynasty has ruled Impyrium. But the family’s magic has been fading, and with it their power over the empire. Whether it’s treachery from a rival house, the demon Lirlanders, or rebel forces, many believe the Faereginese are ripe to fall.
Hazel, the youngest member of the royal family, is happy to leave ruling to her sisters so that she can study her magic. But the Empress has other plans for her granddaughter, dark and dangerous plans to exploit Hazel’s talents and rekindle the Faeregine mystique. Hob, a commoner from the outer realms, has been sent to the city to serve the Faeregines—and to spy on them.
One wants to protect the dynasty. The other wants to destroy it. But when Hazel and Hob form an improbable friendship, their bond may save the realm as they know it…or end it for good.
on Goodreads // buy from Amazon // RT +HarperCollins Publishers tweet with the trailer
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