The Marvellers, Dhonielle Clayton
The Marvellers, Dhonielle Clayton
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The Marvellers

Author: Dhonielle Clayton

Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt

Unabridged: 10 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2022


Synopsis

Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magic school in the sky —an instant New York Times and #1 Indie Bestseller!

"The Marvellers deserves the highest compliment I can give a book: I want to live in this world." —Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling–author

"Listeners will enjoy this fresh take on a new fantastical world in which kids play an active role in determining the future of society." -AudioFile on The Marvellers

Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts, like brewing Indian spice elixirs and bartering with pesky Irish pixies.

Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the first isn’t easy—some Marvellers mistrust her magic, which they deem “bad and unnatural.” But eventually, she finds friends in elixirs teacher, Masterji Thakur, and fellow misfits Brigit, a girl who hates magic, and Jason, a boy with a fondness for magical creatures.

When a dangerous criminal known as the Ace of Anarchy escapes prison, supposedly with a Conjuror’s aid, tensions grow in the Marvellian world and Ella becomes the target of suspicion. Worse, Masterji Thakur mysteriously disappears while away on a research trip. With the help of her friends and her own growing powers, Ella must find a way to clear her family’s name and track down her mentor before it’s too late.

"A marvelous gift of a novel! With fantastical twists at every turn, Clayton has created a world that readers won't want to leave.” —Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Hate U Give and Concrete Rose

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company.

About Dhonielle Clayton

Dhonielle Clayton spent most of her childhood under her grandmother's table with a stack of books. She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side. She is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Belles series, Shattered Midnight, co-author of Blackout, and the co-author of The Rumor Game and the Tiny Pretty Things duology, a Netflix original series. She taught secondary school for several years, and is a former elementary and middle school librarian. She is Board Chair of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, and President of Cake Creative, an IP story kitchen dedicated to diverse books for all ages. She’s an avid traveler, and always on the hunt for magic and mischief. The Marvellerverse series is her middle-grade fantasy debut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Zoraida

This world is phenomenal. I desperately want to be a Marveller, even if I'm biased.......more

Goodreads review by Anniek

Highly recommend if you loved Nevermoor and Amari and the Night Brothers, this is such a whimsical story, and I loved the magic school setting!......more

Mixed feelings on this one, but it pulled out to more positive than not in the second half of the book. The Marvellers is the first book in a new middle grade fantasy series, featuring a young Black girl who will be the first Conjurer to attend a school for Marvellers. Thematically it is doing some......more

Goodreads review by Dannii

This is the first instalment in the Marvellerverse series. Ella Durand is just eleven years old when she makes history as the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute. The academy is located in the clouds where Marvellers, and now one Conjuror, from around the world train in the magica......more


Awards

  • School Library Journal Best Books of the Year