Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where ten semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes in this breathtaking, Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the author of the New York Times-bestselling Cemetery Boys.Only the most powerful and honorable will be chosen.Teo, the seventeen-year-old trans son of the goddess of birds, isn’t worried. As a Jade, it’s unlikely he’ll be chosen to compete in the Trials, and even if his best friend Niya competes, she’s a born-and-bred Gold semidiós with unparalleled abilities.But for the first time in over a century, Sol chooses not one, but two Jade competitors: Teo – and Xio, the thirteen-year-old child of the god of bad luck. With the odds stacked against them, Teo is determined to get himself and his friends through the trials unscathed – for fame, glory, and their own survival . . .
CONTRIBUTORS: Aiden Thomas
EAN: 9781035008612
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 299 g
HEIGHT: 197 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Pan Macmillan
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GENRE: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Epic, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Legends, Myths, Fables / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+
WIDTH: 130 cm
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Relating to LGBTQ+ people, Relating to Trans / Transgender people or gender minorities, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: LGBTQ+, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Diversity, equality and inclusion
Aiden Thomas is a trans, Latinx, New York Times bestselling author with an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. Originally from Oakland, California, they now make their home in Portland, OR. Aiden is notorious for not being able to guess the endings of books and movies, and organizes their bookshelves by colour. Their books include Cemetery Boys, Lost in the Never Woods, and The Sunbearer Trials.
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