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Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There's been a murder on campus, and it's up to the students of Galileo to solve it. Follow 18 authors and 18 students as they puzzle out the clues and find the guilty party.
Professor of Magical History Septimius Dropwort has just been murdered, and now everyone at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary is a suspect.
A prestigious school for young magicians, the Galileo Academy has recently undergone a comprehensive overhaul, reinventing itself as a roaming academy in which students of all cultures and identities are celebrated. In this new Galileo, every pupil is welcome—but there are some who aren't so happy with the recent changes. That includes everyone's least favorite professor, Septimius Dropwort, a stodgy old man known for his harsh rules and harsher punishments. But when the professor's body is discovered on school grounds with a mysterious note clenched in his lifeless hand, the Academy's students must solve the murder themselves, because everyone's a suspect.
Told from more than a dozen alternating and diverse perspectives, The Grimoire of Grave Fates follows Galileo's best and brightest young magicians as they race to discover the truth behind Dropwort's mysterious death. Each one of them is confident that only they have the skills needed to unravel the web of secrets hidden within Galileo's halls. But they're about to discover that even for straight-A students, magic doesn't always play by the rules. . . .
Contributors include: Cam Montgomery, Darcie Little Badger, Hafsah Faizal, Jessica Lewis, Julian Winters, Karuna Riazi, Kat Cho, Kayla Whaley, Kwame Mbalia, L. L. McKinney, Marieke Nijkamp, Mason Deaver, Natasha Díaz, Preeti Chhibber, Randy Ribay, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Victoria Lee, and Yamile Saied Méndez
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“January LaVoy’s and Nicky Endres’s stunning versatile performances in this mystery about a magic school are as alluring as its whodunit plot…Written by 18 different authors, the chapters recount the 18 perspectives of queer, trans, and other marginalized students. LaVoy nails each one, as well as the voices of gargoyles, teachers, and law enforcement officers. Endres balances LaVoy’s playful tones with a serious delivery of case evidence. Together, they bring this innovative audiobook to life. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“Spell-binding in every way…an anthology like no other!”
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“Eighteen heroes, individual yet not alone, beautifully find self-respect and force their school to change.”
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“A magical mystery.”
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★ “Eighteen heroes, individual yet not alone, beautifully find self-respect and force their school to change.
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Spell-binding in every way... an anthology like no other!
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Readers who’ve been burned by less culturally sensitive wizard schools will rejoice... The range of racial, ethnic, gendered, variously abled, and neurodiverse identities in a magic school setting is vastly appealing, and meditations on 'chosen one' clichés and sly meta-commentary make this especially enjoyable for genre-savvy readers.
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"[A] magical mystery.
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"Highly recommended for readers who love genre blending, magic with morals, and a good whodunit.
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"Exceptionally diverse and delightfully funny.
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"A resonant message of hope for a better future, magical or otherwise.
— BookPage
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An AudioFile Best Audiobook of the Year
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in YA Books
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About the Authors
Margaret Owen is the author of a young adult fantasy series. Her debut novel, The Merciful Crow, was shortlisted for the 2020 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award. She was born and raised at the end of the Oregon Trail and now lives and writes in Seattle, Washington, while negotiating a long-term hostage situation with her two monstrous cats. In her free time, she enjoys exploring travel destinations and raising money for social justice nonprofits through her illustrations.
Hanna Alkaf is a writer from Malaysia, where the legend of the pelesit originated. She is the author of the young adult novel The Weight of Our Sky, and her work has appeared in Shape, Esquire, and Marie Claire, among others. She lives in Kuala Lumpur with her family and can be visited at www.hannaalkaf.com.
Xe Sands has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art, including recordings of the Nightwalkers series from Jaquelyn Frank. She has received several honors, including AudioFile Earphones Awards and a coveted Audie Award, and she was named Favorite Debut Romance Narrator of 2011 in the Romance Audiobooks poll.
About January LaVoy
January LaVoy, winner of numerous awards for narration, was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She is an American actress best known for her character Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. In addition to working extensively in narration and television, including roles on Law & Order and All My Children, she has worked on and off Broadway as well as in regional theater.