At the same time Hachi receives news about a lead that could uncover the mystery behind her father’s death.
She believes this was the artifact that transformed Archie and may hold the answers to his past.īut immediately upon recovering the lantern it’s stolen. Now, in THE DRAGON LANTERN, with the first three members of new League discovered, they are sent on a quest by the Septemberist Society and Mrs. It is only a new League of Seven–a tinker, a law-bringer, a scientist, a trickster, a warrior, a strongman, and a hero–who can stop them.
They discovered that these creatures are buried all over the Earth, waiting for the day when they will be freed from their prisons and can take over humanity. Rivets) worked together to stop the Mangleborn monster from the Florida swamps. In THE LEAGUE OF SEVEN, our young heroes Archie, Hachi, and Fergus (along with Archie’s trusty Tik Tok man Mr. He now lives with his family in Asheville, North Carolina, where he enjoys playing games, eating pizza, and, perhaps not too surprisingly, reading books. After a carefree but humid childhood, Alan attended the University of Tennessee, where he earned a College Scholars degree with a specialization in creative writing, and, later, a Master’s degree in English education.
His other books include Prisoner B-3087, which was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Readers pick and winner of eight state awards Projekt 1065, a Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2016 and winner of five state awards Code of Honor, a YALSA Quick Pick for Young Readers and Ban This Book, which was featured by Whoopi Goldberg on The View.Īlan has traveled extensively to talk about his books, appearing at schools and book festivals in 39 states and a half-dozen countries, including Brazil, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, and Switzerland, and has been a Writer in Residence at Tokyo’s American School in Japan, the James Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio, and the Jakarta Intercultural School in Indonesia.Īlan was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, home of the 1982 World’s Fair. Refugee was also a Global Read Aloud Book for 2018.Īlan’s novel Grenade debuted at number three on the New York Times bestseller list, and his most recent book, Allies, debuted at number two on the list and received four starred reviews. Its other accolades include the Sydney Taylor Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Cybils Middle Grade Fiction Award, a Charlotte Huck Award Honor, and a Malka Penn Award for Human Rights Honor. His 2017 novel Refugee has spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list, and is the winner of 14 state awards.
Alan Gratz is the bestselling author of a number of novels for young readers.
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