paolaguerreroo posted: " The Book! Title: REA AND THE BLOOD OF THE NECTAR Age category: Middle Grade Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Mango and Marigold Press Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Synopsis: Perfect for fans of the Aru Shah books and The Chronicles o"
Perfect for fans of the Aru Shah books and The Chronicles of Narnia.
A middle-grade fantasy about twelve-year-old Rea Chettri, who portals into anotherworldly realm to go on a secret quest to find her missing twin brother Rohan.The clock is ticking in this fast-paced, thrilling, and exciting adventure rife with evilcreatures, a ruthless villain, and unforgettable friendships.
It all begins on the night Rea turns twelve. After a big fight with her twin brother Rohan on their birthday, Rea's life in the small village of Darjeeling, India, gets turned on its head. It's four in the morning and Rohan is nowhere to be found.
It hasn't even been a day and Amma acts like Rohan's gone forever. Her grandmother, too, is behaving strangely. Unwilling to give up on her brother, Rea and her friend Leela meet Mishti Daadi,a wrinkly old fortune-teller whose powers of divination set them off on a thrilling and secret quest. In the shade of night, they portal into an otherworldly realm and travel to Astranthia, a land full ofmagic and whimsy. There with the help of Xeranther, an Astranthian barrow boy, and Flula, a pari, Rea battles serpent-lilies and blood-sucking banshees, encounters a butterfly-faced woman and bluelizard-men, and learns that Rohan has been captured. Rea also discovers that she is a princess withmagic. Only she has no idea how to use it.
Struggling with the truth her Amma has kept hidden from her, Rea must solve clues that lead to Rohan, find a way to rescue him and save Astranthia from a potentially deadly fate. But the clock isticking. Can she rescue Rohan, save Astranthia, and live to see it all?
Rea and the Blood of the Nectar is Payal Doshi's stunning #ownvoices middle-grade fantasy debut about understanding complex family dynamics, fighting for what isright, discovering oneself, and learning to make friends.
The Blurbs!
Rea and the Blood of the Nectaris a gateway into pure imagination, with a fast-pacedplot that will hook you and characters that will endear you. A wonderful debut.
- KACEN CALLENDER, National Book Award winner for King and the Dragonflies and bestselling author of Hurricane Child
From the tea plantations of Darjeeling to the flower-filled land of Astranthia, Rea and the Blood of the Nectar is an adventure filled with mythical monsters and marvelous creatures, magic and mayhem, friendship and family struggles. Rea is a fierce heroine whose courage and determination carry her forward to save her twin brother even when the path seems dark.
- RAJANI LAROCCA, author of Midsummer's Mayhem, Red, White, and Whole, and Much Ado About Baseball
Payal Doshi has a Masters in Creative Writing (Fiction) from The New School, New York. Having lived in the UK and US, she noticed a lack of Indian protagonists in global children's fiction and one day wrote the opening paragraph to what would become her first children's novel. She was born and raised in Mumbai, India, and currently resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband and three-year-old daughter. When she isn'twriting or spending time with her family, you can find her nose deep in a book with a cup of coffee or daydreaming of fantasy realms to send her characters off into. She loves the smell of old, yellowed books. Rea and the Blood of the Nectar, the first book in The Chronicles of Astranthia series is her debut middle grade novel. For more information, visit her website, or follow her on Instagram and on Twitter.
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