A Storm Is Coming
What a thrill it is to be hosting the launch for Tempest by K. IBURA! This riveting YA tales follows a girl named Veronique with the power to control the wind -- a power which she has always been told to hide. But it's only when she's sent to live in New Orleans that she truly begins to see why. This unforgettable book features lyrical prose, fantastical abilities, and a heartfelt coming-of-age journey.
K.IBURA will be in conversation with IBI ZOBOI, author of (S)Kin. Join us in-store to hear from these wonderful storytellers!
Tempest by K. IBURA
After her parents passed away in Hurricane Katrina, Veronique (a.k.a. V) moved to her MawMaw’s house in the Louisiana countryside. She has always been told to hide her control and power over the wind, but when a neighbor's life is endangered, she's forced to use her abilities. To protect V, her MawMaw immediately sends her to live with an aunt in New Orleans.
But NOLA is nothing like Veronique could have imagined—she’s finally attending traditional school, she gets to bond with cousins that she’s never met, and she even rides on her first highway. She quickly falls in with a group of friends at school—and one boy who she’d like to be more than her friend.
But there’s also a higher risk of discovery in the city. She learns about a secret organization called the Vaunted, a group that comes after people with elemental magic and recruits them for their own environmental rebellion. And now she's on their radar.
(S)Kin by IBI ZOBOI
Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But Brooklyn is no place for witches. While Marisol hoped they would leave their old traditions behind with the islands, she knows this cannot be while she remains ensnared by the one person who keeps her chained to her magical past—her mother.
Seventeen-year-old Genevieve is the daughter of a college professor. Each night she is kept up by her deteriorating skin and the constant wailing of her baby siblings. She stares at the dark sky with a deep longing to inhale it all, to quench the hunger that gnaws at her. The arrival of a new nanny reveals a family secret -- one connecting her to Marisol.
But the the very skin that locks the flames may be more explosive to their relationships than any ancient magic.
Tuesday, June 24th at 6pm at Our 17th St Store!
