Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her
middle grade debut with the launch of an inventive, hilarious, and
suspenseful new contemporary fantasy trilogy inspired by African
American history and folklore.
It's not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things
are cool--like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday.
Others, not so much--like not being trusted to learn magic because you
might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor.
All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But
before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series
of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch Nic and two friends
on a hunt for a powerful magic tool she's never heard of...to save her
father from imprisonment for a crime she refuses to believe he
committed.