"A gripping, action-packed fantasy adventure set in a fascinating world of darkness and light (the best of Pokémon in a book)"
August 2022 Debut of the Month |Shortlisted for the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize 2023 | Shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards 2023
Readers who like their heroes brave, resourceful and caring, magical and with a skill in martial arts are going to love twelve-year-old Mia, star of Janelle McCurdy’s gripping new fantasy adventure Mia and the Lightcasters.
Mia lives with her parents and little brother Lucas in the city of Nubis. Most towns in their kingdom are dark, plunged into night years ago by the powerful and evil Reaper King. When his forces arrive in Nubis and take the population prisoner, including her own parents, it’s up to Mia and her friends TJ and Jada to rescue them. In this she’ll need help from the umbra.
Umbra are mysterious, magical creatures, which take different forms but bond with a particular human. Following a terrifying incident when she was much younger, Mia is going to need to dig deep into her resources of courage to discover her own umbra taming abilities.
Like the best fantasy (and the best video games, McCurdy is a big fan), this fast-paced adventure allows readers to escape into a totally different world, one full of danger and excitement, and provides a chance to imagine themselves in situations that bring out the very best in people.
This is book one in a series that is sure to be really popular.
The biggest middle grade fantasy debut of 2022.Beware of the shadows, the Reaper King is coming . . .Mia always dreamed of being an umbra tamer until she met the wild creature on the Nightmare Plains. Since that day, she prefers to stay safe within the walls of Nubis. Safe, that is, until a surprise attack.
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The biggest middle grade fantasy debut of 2022.Beware of the shadows, the Reaper King is coming . . .Mia always dreamed of being an umbra tamer until she met the wild creature on the Nightmare Plains. Since that day, she prefers to stay safe within the walls of Nubis.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Mia and the Lightcasters and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Mia and the Lightcasters features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Dyslexia Friendly Books for Interest age 9+, Fantasy / Magical, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Mia and the Lightcasters was written by Janelle McCurdy and published by Faber & Faber
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