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Gr 9 Up—Zélie Adebola, 17, remembers the night of the raid in her village 11 years earlier. Her mama was chained by her neck and lynched with other maji by the forces of ruthless King Saran of Orisha. King Saran hates magic and considers it the source of all evil, so he targets and exterminates the maji, who worship ancestors and practice magic. Now, they live hopelessly as servants, slaves, stockers, and prisoners. Zélie strives to bring back magic in Orisha, so she becomes the main target of King ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

When magic suddenly disappears from the kingdom of Orïsha, King Saran seizes the chance to murder all the maji (rare and powerful magic-wielders), leaving alive only the divîners (children born to be maji but too young to have yet developed their powers). Eleven years later, Zélie, a divîner whose mother was murdered in the raid, is at the market when Saran's daughter Amari begs for her help. The princess has stolen a magical scroll, which, when Zélie touches it, awa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More