Chris Andrew

In June of 1941, a sudden knock at the door changes fifteen year old Lina Vilkas life forever. She is arrested by the Soviet secret police and deported from her home in Lithuania to a brutal work camp in Siberia, along with her mother and younger brother. Thrust into horrific conditions, Lina must find the strength to fight for her own survival and protect the people she cares about. Risking everything, she secretly passes along clues in the form of her beautiful drawings, desperately hoping these messages will somehow reach her father in his prison camp. This stunning graphic novel adaptation brings a deeply moving story of loss, fear, and ultimate courage to life in vivid color. As you follow Lina on her harrowing journey, you will witness the power of art and love to survive even the darkest moments of history.

Nathaniel is a young, ambitious magician's apprentice studying the secret and dangerous arts of magic. Eager to prove his worth, his pride is shattered when a ruthless, high-ranking wizard named Simon Lovelace publicly humiliates him in front of London's magical elite. Furious and desperate for revenge, Nathaniel decides to skip years of careful study and do the unthinkable. He summons Bartimaeus, a powerful, sarcastic, five-thousand-year-old djinni. Nathaniel orders the ancient spirit to steal Lovelace's most prized possession: the legendary Amulet of Samarkand. But Nathaniel quickly learns that summoning a powerful demon and actually controlling him are two very different things. Thrown into a shadowy world of magical espionage, deadly assassins, and political rebellion, the young apprentice and his rebellious djinni must somehow work together to survive. It is a fast-paced, fiercely funny, and action-packed adventure where absolute power comes with terrible consequences, and no one can truly be trusted.