![]() But one night, Amari receives a message nominating her for a position in the mysterious Bureau, a secret organization with headquarters in downtown Atlanta posing as a summer camp for secondary school kids–the same camp that Quinton had attended years before. ![]() ![]() ![]() Even worse, Quinton has been missing for almost six months, and the authorities–assuming he was secretly involved in some sort of illicit dealings–aren’t even bothering to look. Thirteen year-old Amari Peters lives in an Atlanta housing project with her mother, struggling to fight discrimination as a scholarship kid at a fancy school, never mind the long shadow of her genius brother Quinton. And, while this isn’t a book that made me forget I wasn’t the intended audience, it was still a whole lot of fun. Alston’s debut, and I’d been looking to dip my toe back into fantasy for younger audiences ( Harry Potter and Narnia hold up for adults, so why not?), so it seemed a perfect fit. My previous book discussion spots didn’t hit middle grade too hard, but my Twitter feed was buzzing about B.B. Amari and the Night Brothers is the first book that I’ve read as a direct result of #booktwitter. ![]()
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