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April 15, 2025 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Nargis, who can command the elements, lives with her Baba after the deaths of her parents, purportedly at the hands of thieves. When she runs afoul of Pandit, who has her best friend Arjuna sold into his service, she is exiled, and has a lot of adventures with Mistral, who is a member of the eagle Garuda, who tax the residents and take their food. I loved Chadda's City of the Plague God series, but I have several action and adventure series with connection to Indian folklore and legend that I can't get my readers to check out.
From the publisher:
Skandar and the Unicorn Thief meets One Thousand and One Nights in this thrilling middle grade fantasy from Rick Riordan Presents author Sarwat Chadda about a girl with the magical power to control the elements with her song.
In a land ruled by fierce winged warriors known as eagle garudas, twelve-year-old Nargis is just a poor, lowly human, a Worm who hates the garudas that killed her parents. But even though she can’t fly—and her childhood attempt left her walking with a crutch—she is far from powerless. Nargis is a spirit able to coax small bits of wind, water, fire, and earth to do her bidding through song…well, sometimes.
When Nargis loses control of her power in a high-stakes kite fight, she is exiled. Cast into the desert, she discovers Mistral, an injured boy who turns out to be an eagle garuda, the prince of her enemies! He’s on a mission to take back his throne from a terrible vulture garuda. In spite of their mutual distrust, the two have no choice but to forge an unlikely alliance if they want to escape the desert alive.
Marsh, Katherine. The Gods' Revenge.
In a land ruled by fierce winged warriors known as eagle garudas, twelve-year-old Nargis is just a poor, lowly human, a Worm who hates the garudas that killed her parents. But even though she can’t fly—and her childhood attempt left her walking with a crutch—she is far from powerless. Nargis is a spirit able to coax small bits of wind, water, fire, and earth to do her bidding through song…well, sometimes.
When Nargis loses control of her power in a high-stakes kite fight, she is exiled. Cast into the desert, she discovers Mistral, an injured boy who turns out to be an eagle garuda, the prince of her enemies! He’s on a mission to take back his throne from a terrible vulture garuda. In spite of their mutual distrust, the two have no choice but to forge an unlikely alliance if they want to escape the desert alive.
April 22, 2025 by Storytide (HarperCollins)
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From the Publisher:
The second book in National Book Award finalist Katherine Marsh's Myth of Monsters series finds Ava and her friends up against their least-expected foe yet.
Ava Baldwin is ready for her second year at the Accademia del Forte. Now that she knows that her fellow classmates, descendants of the so-called Greek monsters, have been lied to by the Olympians, she’s ready to help them uncover their ancestors’ true stories—if only she can stay out of the way of the new headmaster, Perseus.
But laying low is easier said than done, especially when Perseus seems intent on trolling Ava, making it impossible to control her anger.
When Perseus banishes one of her friends, Ava must lead a rescue party on a whirlwind adventure from the Stygian Marsh of the underworld to the ice caves of Mount Etna with Ares and the spirits of violent death in hot pursuit. But the gods won’t be tricked so easily this time...
Ava Baldwin is ready for her second year at the Accademia del Forte. Now that she knows that her fellow classmates, descendants of the so-called Greek monsters, have been lied to by the Olympians, she’s ready to help them uncover their ancestors’ true stories—if only she can stay out of the way of the new headmaster, Perseus.
But laying low is easier said than done, especially when Perseus seems intent on trolling Ava, making it impossible to control her anger.
When Perseus banishes one of her friends, Ava must lead a rescue party on a whirlwind adventure from the Stygian Marsh of the underworld to the ice caves of Mount Etna with Ares and the spirits of violent death in hot pursuit. But the gods won’t be tricked so easily this time...
April 22, 2025 by Random House Books for Young Readers
E ARC provided by Netgalley
I somehow completely missed Superworld: Save Noah, so didn't realize right away that this was a sequel. It's done in a fascinating format; sort of like if Brian Selznik (Wonderstruck, The Marvels) used a more Pixar Inside Out style to illustrate a fantasy adventure title like Boniface's 2006 The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy. There were a lot of books where the heroes had disappeared and characters had to decide to leave their evil pasts behind a few years ago, but as much as I love Bacon's Joshua Dread, Kraatz's The Cloak Society, or King's The Vindico, they don't circulate. This one might, with the copious illustrations. I might have to hunt down a print copy of the first book to see how hefty it is.
From the publisher:
After supervillains take over Superworld—ahem, Destructo World, it’s up to Noah, the only normal kid around, to save the day...again. Binge-read this mega-charged duology, with a movie-blockbuster feeling that keeps the art-filled pages flying.
As the only normal person surrounded by superheroes, Noah never thought anything could be WORSE than Superworld. Well, turns out he was wrong. Because after everyone’s favorite superhero team did NOT succeed at saving the world, SUPERWORLD is now DESTRUCTO WORLD, and its new evil mega-dude is turning superheroes into super-powered bunnies and other cuddly creatures. Sure, it’s cute, but it’s not quite what Noah was imagining when he was trying to save the world. And Destructo has more evil up his metal-mech suit sleeve…so unless the Z team reunites for one more battle, it might just be game over....
As the only normal person surrounded by superheroes, Noah never thought anything could be WORSE than Superworld. Well, turns out he was wrong. Because after everyone’s favorite superhero team did NOT succeed at saving the world, SUPERWORLD is now DESTRUCTO WORLD, and its new evil mega-dude is turning superheroes into super-powered bunnies and other cuddly creatures. Sure, it’s cute, but it’s not quite what Noah was imagining when he was trying to save the world. And Destructo has more evil up his metal-mech suit sleeve…so unless the Z team reunites for one more battle, it might just be game over....
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