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Adia Kelbara and the Circle of Shamans
By (Author) Isi Hendrix
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
30th April 2025
9th May 2024
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Multicultural
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures
813.6
Paperback
368
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 21mm
284g
"Immersive, funny, clever...I couldn't put it down!" A.F. Steadman, author of the Skandar series"This book is incredible!" B.B. Alston, author of Amari and the Night Brothers "A spellbinding story of empowerment and liberation." Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil series."SPECTACULAR...I absolutely LOVED it." Sophie Anderson, author of The House with Chicken Legs12-year-old Adia's family believe she is possessed by a demon to bring them bad luck. And when she suddenly manifests an earthquake that destroys their village, she's terrified that they're right. So she flees to the faraway Academy of Shamans to find answers. But at the Academy she stumbles on a very different truth: the kingdom's emperor really is possessed, by the most wicked demon ever known. Adia must join forces with a snarky goddess, a 500-year-old warrior girl and a seriously annoying soldier boy to find out how to stop the demon and save the kingdom. Luckily they have a secret weapon...if Adia can learn to use the true power within herself.Discover a thrilling adventure of magical lands, unique powers and unexpected friendship that you'll never forget!
Isi Hendrix is a Pitch Wars 2020 mentee and an Avengers of Colour 2020 mentee. She has degrees in anthropology and psychology from USC and has spent many years living in the Amazon and Gabonese rainforests working with shamanic tribes. She is a Black feminist, avid gardener, and, to the horror of her goat meat-loving Nigerian mother, a vegan since kindergarten