Keynan Masters and the Peerless magic crew

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Title:

Keynan Masters and the Peerless magic crew

Author:

Sanders, DaVaun, author.

Series:

Keynan Masters ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Keynan Masters doesn't know the truth about Peerless Academy. He thinks it's just a fancy art school that can’t teach him anything he doesn’t already know (how to write fire poems) and won’t solve his problems (the massive storms that threaten his home and family). But at Peerless, Keynan discovers: Secret passageways and unexplainable portals; A corrupt magic that the school is barely able to contain; That he can churn up the magic by putting his poetry to rhythm. Together with his crew of new friends, can Keynan prevent the magic from destroying the school—and the world?

Physical Description:

343 pages ; 22 cm.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction.

Subject Term:

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Art schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Storms -- Juvenile fiction.

Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Inkyard Press,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9781335458049

Publication Information:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Inkyard Press, [2023]

Call Number:

M SANDERS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

"Impossible to predict... Your new obsession." --Mark Oshiro, co-author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Sun and the Star

This new middle grade fantasy series follows Keynan's quest to unlock his freestyling magic and unravel the secrets of Peerless Academy.

Keynan Masters doesn't know the truth about Peerless Academy. He thinks it's just a fancy art school that can't teach him anything he doesn't already know (how to write fire poems) and won't solve his problems (the massive storms that threaten his home and family).

But at Peerless, Keynan discovers:

Secret passageways and unexplainable portals A corrupt magic that the school is barely able to contain That he can churn up the magic by putting his poetry to rhythm

Together with his crew of new friends, can Keynan prevent the magic from destroying the school--and the world?

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Sanders offers an energetic fantasy adventure teeming with memorable characters and mysteries in this thought-provoking debut. Nobody knows why mercurial and devastating storms have been plaguing Earth, prompting anxiety across the globe. And while 12-year-old Keynan Masters would rather focus on perfecting his rhymes and communing with his neighbors, he's also preoccupied with soothing his mother's fears about the weather. When Keynan is accepted into the Peerless Academy, a prestigious school for the arts, he's reluctant to leave home, and only agrees to attend after learning that the school's elite science programs might determine how to eliminate the storms. But nothing about Peerless is as Keynan expects; underneath the inexplicably boring classes hide unusual and fantastical secrets involving covert passageways, reality rifts, and an ancient, corrupt magic that only he and his classmates can contain. Using his newfound powers, which he conjures through his rhymes, Keynan is determined to uncover the truth behind Peerless and the storms. Occasionally ambiguous worldbuilding sometimes causes confusion; nevertheless, Keynan's talent for spoken-word performance proffers strong messaging about the power of the arts, making for an ambitious, postapocalyptic-feeling tale. Most characters read as Black. Ages 8--12. Agent: Mary C. Moore, Kimberly Cameron & Assoc. (Oct.)