Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts

The School for Good and Evil meets Amari and the Night Brothers in this debut middle-grade fantasy, Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts, perfect for readers who've ever wondered: What if Harry Potter had been sorted into Slytherin?The Otherworld is at war. The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts trains warriors. And Kelcie Murphy-a foster child raised in the human world-is dying to attend.A place at AUA means meeting Scáthach, the legendary trainer of Celtic heroes. It means learning to fight with a sword. It means harnessing her hidden powers and-most importantly-finding out who her parents are, and why they abandoned her in Boston Harbor eight years ago.When Kelcie tests into the school, she learns that she's a Saiga, one of the most ancient beings in the Otherworld. Secretive, shunned, and possessed of imposing elemental powers, the Saiga are also kin to the Otherworld's most infamous traitor.But Kelcie is a survivor, and she'll do whatever it takes to find her parents and her place in their world. Even if that means making a few enemies.Brimming with Celtic mythology, action, and danger, Erika Lewis's Kelcie Murphy and The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts introduces readers to a new kind of magical school and a warrior who must choose with which side of an epic battle her destiny will lie.