(Disclaimer: I received this book from Netgalley. But if she doesn’t pass the three tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton. With an evil magican threatening the whole supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she is an enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. As if she needed something else to make her stand out. Amari is certain the answer to finding out what happened to him lies somewhere inside, if only she can get her head around the idea of mermaids, dwarves, yetis and magicians all being real things, something she has to instantly confront when she is given a weredragon as a roommate.Īmari must compete against some of the nation’s wealthiest kids-who’ve known about the supernatural world their whole lives and are able to easily answer questions like which two Great Beasts reside in the Atlantic Ocean and how old is Merlin? Just getting around the Bureau is a lesson alone for Amari with signs like ‘Department of Hidden Places this way, or is it?’ If that all wasn’t enough, every Bureau trainee has a talent enhanced to supernatural levels to help them do their jobs – but Amari is given an illegal ability. He’s left her a nomination for a summer tryout at the secretive Bureau of Supernatural Affairs.

There was far more to Quinton, it seems, than she ever knew.

Then Amari discovers a ticking briefcase in her brother’s old closet. Why isn’t his story all over the news? And why do the police automatically assume he was into something illegal?

When he mysteriously goes missing, his little sister, 13-year-old Amari Peters, can’t understand why it’s not a bigger deal. Quinton Peters was the golden boy of the Rosewood low-income housing projects, receiving full scholarship offers to two different Ivy League schools. This book starts an #ownvoices trilogy of a magical competition between students in this summer school setting for a girl searching for her lost brother! Keep reading this book review to see my full thoughts! Summary

I am on a middle grade roll recently and I only hope to continue the trend the rest of 2021! Here’s to a year of more middle grades! PLEASE hold me to this! Amari and the Night Brothers is a precious and action packed story about prejudice and magic.

Amari and the night brothers review