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  • Maya and the Rising Dark

  • By: Rena Barron
  • Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
  • Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)

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Maya and the Rising Dark

By: Rena Barron
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
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In this highly anticipated contemporary fantasy, 12-year-old Maya’s search for her missing father puts her at the center of a battle between our world, the Orishas, and the mysterious and sinister Dark world. Perfect for fans of Aru Shah and the End of Time and The Serpent’s Secret.

Twelve-year-old Maya is the only one in her South Side Chicago neighborhood who witnesses weird occurrences like were-hyenas stalking the streets at night and a scary man made of shadows plaguing her dreams. Her friends try to find an explanation - perhaps a ghost uprising or a lunchroom experiment gone awry. But to Maya, it sounds like something from one of Papa’s stories or her favorite comics.

When Papa goes missing, Maya is thrust into a world both strange and familiar as she uncovers the truth. Her father is the guardian of the veil between our world and the Dark - where an army led by the Lord of Shadows, the man from Maya’s nightmares, awaits. Maya herself is a godling, half orisha and half human, and her neighborhood is a safe haven. But now that the veil is failing, the Lord of Shadows is determined to destroy the human world, and it’s up to Maya to stop him. She just hopes she can do it in time to attend Comic-Con before summer’s over.

©2020 Rena Barron (P)2020 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Fun and full of action! Perfect for all ages

Very fun! Reminiscent of City of Ghosts,The Lightning Thief, and Aru Shah and the End of Time. Well paced, interesting fantastical elements, a good friend group, and entertaining. I switched back and forth between the ebook and audio to get ready for bed, and the sound effects were really fun in the audio.

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