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The Gatekeeper's Staff: TJ Young & The Orishas, #1
The Gatekeeper's Staff: TJ Young & The Orishas, #1
The Gatekeeper's Staff: TJ Young & The Orishas, #1
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The Gatekeeper's Staff: TJ Young & The Orishas, #1

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TJ Young has been surrounded by magic his entire life, yet he has never tapped into it… until now.

 

Fourteen-year-old TJ grew up normal in a secret community of gifted diviners in the heart of modern-day Los Angeles. His powerful sister was ordained to lead his people into a new age of prosperity, but her mysterious death in Nigeria threatens to destroy the very foundations of TJ's world.

 

Desperate to pick up where his sister left off and uncover the secrets behind her questionable death, TJ commits himself to unlocking the magical heritage that has always eluded him. So he enrolls in Camp Olosa—a remedial magic school for the divinely less-than-gifted in the humid swamps of New Orleans.

 

But little does he know, TJ is destined to cross paths with powerful spirits of old thought lost to time: the orishas.

 

Delve into this young adult fantasy based on the mythology of the West African Orishas, where TJ will encounter unlikely allies, tough-as-gatorhide instructors, and the ancient secrets of the orishas.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBandele Books
Release dateJun 19, 2021
ISBN9781951905026
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    This was an interesting read. I loved the weaving in of magic into our world, and TJ felt so real. Being a teenager is never easy, but when you're struggling to connect with your magical heritage, things are a bit more complicated. I loved Bandele's unique style, and the pacing of the story is perfect. Once you start reading, you don't want to finish, and I'm looking forward to book 2! If you're a fan of the Percy Jackson series, then you will undoubtedly fall in love with this book.

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