Book Launch Party for Olivia Abtahi
Event description
Celebrate with us the next book from local author, Olivia Abtahi!
ABOUT THE BOOK
On estranged twins Leila and Bianca's eighteenth birthday, Leila suddenly gains a djinn's superpowers, and the twins realize that their town can only survive the djinns' secret plans if they learn to work together as sisters. An action-packed YA fantasy!
Twins Bianca and Leila could not be more different from each other. Being both Argentinian and Iranian in a small town has always been hard, but with Leila shunning her heritage and Bianca embracing it, the two walk very different paths. They run in different circles of friends, and barely talk anymore. Leila's a homebody who loves to craft and plans on marrying her high school sweetheart. Bianca's more anti-establishment and plans to get out of Dodge as soon as humanly possible.
But on their eighteenth birthday, the neighbor's barn mysteriously burns down. When Leila encounters a monster--a djinn--arising from the fire, suddenly she gains strange powers and can no longer touch iron.
What do these djinn want with Leila--or other people in town, for that matter? Can the twins learn to rely on each other--and their cultures--to banish them? It'll take a sisterly reconciliation for the girls to find out and to save their hometown in this New Visions Award-winning fantasy adventure
ABOUT OLIVIA ABTAHI
GrowingĀ upĀ inĀ theĀ DCĀ area,Ā OliviaĀ devouredĀ booksĀ andĀ hidĀ inĀ emptyĀ classroomsĀ duringĀ schoolĀ toĀ finishĀ them.Ā HerĀ debutĀ novel,Ā PerfectlyĀ Parvin,Ā wasĀ published inĀ 2021,Ā receivingĀ theĀ SCBWIĀ GoldenĀ KiteĀ Honor,Ā YALSAĀ OdysseyĀ Honor,Ā andĀ numerousĀ starredĀ reviews.Ā HerĀ sophomoreĀ novel,Ā AzarĀ onĀ Fire,Ā wasĀ publishedĀ inĀ AugustĀ 2022Ā andĀ aĀ SLJĀ pick.Ā Olivia'sĀ thirdĀ novel,Ā TwinĀ Flames,Ā isĀ aĀ NewĀ VisionsĀ AwardĀ winnerĀ publishingĀ inĀ AugustĀ ofĀ 2024.Ā SheĀ currentlyĀ livesĀ inĀ Denver,Ā Colorado,Ā withĀ herĀ husbandĀ andĀ daughters.
ABOUT OLIVIA CHADHA
OliviaĀ ChadhaĀ writesĀ scienceĀ fiction,Ā fantasy,Ā comicĀ books,Ā andĀ literaryĀ novelsĀ forĀ MG,Ā YA,Ā andĀ adultĀ audiences.Ā SheĀ hasĀ aĀ Ph.D.Ā inĀ literatureĀ andĀ creativeĀ writingĀ andĀ herĀ researchĀ centersĀ onĀ theĀ historyĀ ofĀ exile,Ā IndiaāsĀ Partition,Ā precariousĀ bordersĀ andĀ boundaries,Ā globalĀ folkloreĀ andĀ fairyĀ tales,Ā andĀ theĀ relationshipĀ betweenĀ humans,Ā machinesĀ andĀ theĀ environment.Ā BALANCEĀ OFĀ FRAGILEĀ THINGSĀ isĀ herĀ debutĀ adultĀ literaryĀ novel.Ā RISEĀ OFĀ THEĀ REDĀ HAND,Ā herĀ YAĀ debut,Ā wasĀ awardedĀ theĀ ColoradoĀ BookĀ AwardĀ forĀ YoungĀ AdultĀ Literature.Ā BookĀ twoĀ ofĀ TheĀ MechanistsĀ Series,Ā FALLĀ OFĀ THEĀ IRONĀ GODSĀ wasĀ releasedĀ AprilĀ 2024.Ā SheĀ isĀ aĀ contributorĀ toĀ theĀ YAĀ folkĀ horrorĀ anthologyĀ THEĀ GATHERINGĀ DARKĀ (PageĀ Street),Ā theĀ desiĀ anthologyĀ MAGICĀ HASĀ NOĀ BORDERSĀ (HarperTeen),Ā andĀ theĀ STARĀ WARSĀ anthology,Ā ReturnĀ ofĀ theĀ Jedi:Ā FromĀ AĀ CertainĀ PointĀ ofĀ View.Ā
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