Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi conjures a beguiling world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut, Children of Blood and Bone. It won a Tonight Show Summer Reads with Jimmy Fallon award. They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zelie remembers when the Orisha soil teemed with magic. When different clans ruled—torches fanning fires, tides waving waves, and Zelie's reaper mother summoning spirits. But everything has changed, and the magic of the night has vanished. By order of a cruel king, all who possessed supernatural powers were targeted and killed, leaving Zelie motherless and her people without hope. Only a few with the power to wield magic remain, and they must remain hidden. Zelie is one of them. Now she has a chance to return magic to her people and take on the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zelie must learn to harness her powers and escape the Crown Prince, who is determined to eradicate magic once and for all. Danger lurks in Orisha, where strange creatures roam, and vengeful spirits await in the waters. However, the greatest danger may be Zelie herself as she struggles to cope with the power of her magic—and her growing feelings for an enemy. Children of Blood and Bone is currently in development at Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions, and is produced by Karen Rosenfelt and Wyck Godfrey (Twilight, The Maze Runner, What the Stars Hold).