CHILDREN’S

Book of the week

AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS

by BB Alston, published in hardback by Egmont, £12.99 (ebook £5.99)

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AS A young black kid from the projects, Amari doesn’t feel like she fits in at her elite, white school – particularly as the mean girls taunt her about her missing brother.

However, Amari soon realises her brother hasn’t been caught up in gang business, but rather was part of a magical alternate universe – one she soon dives into, to find out what really happened to him.

While a few aspects of the book draw similarities to the Harry Potter series, Amari And The Night Brothers still has bags of imagination and quirky details.

At its heart, it’s a story about a plucky girl finding her place in the world – and it helps it’s a fastpaced, action-packed tale that will captivate young readers.