![]() ![]() ![]() Kenny: Is your book a sort of Bureau of Supernatural Affairs Summer Camp for the young readers who engage with it?ī.B.: Absolutely! I hope the reader feels like they’ve received their own summer camp nomination to the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs with this book. And so as a writer of stories it’s my hope to create magic on the page with every story I write. As a writer, I’ve always thought of stories as being their own kind of magic, especially fantasies, for their ability to transport you to wondrous places alongside compelling characters. Kenny: Do you consider yourself a weaver?ī.B.: That’s a great question! I guess the answer is that I hope so! In the book, a weaver is someone who can create their own magical spells. To find out more about the congenial spell cast by this new middle-grade fantasy I caught up with its gracious caster, B.B. ![]() Though the security of allegory is alluring, Amari chooses the harder path of working her way to understanding through immersion. The spell, intertwining the timeless and the timely, mixing familiar ingredients in a novel way, reveals the power of addressing the moment through story rather than allegory. Drawing in readers via deeply satisfying and familiar elements and then shifting their character in a beguiling and revealing manner is just the sort of spell one of the book’s characters might have cast. As a narrative, Amari and the Night Brothers mirrors its content. ![]()
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