Legacy and the Queen by Annie Matthew (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Legacy and the Queen by Annie Matthew, Kobe Bryant Age range 12+ From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Awardwinning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your inner magic against all odds. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Age range 12+From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Awardwinning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your inner magic against all odds.GAME. SET. MAGIC.Game Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for twelve-year-old Legacy, its the only thing getting her through the long days taking care of the other kids at the orphanage. Thats all about to change when she hears about Sillas tournament.Set Silla, the ruler of Nova, hosts an annual tournament for the less fortunate of her citizens to come and prove themselves and win entrance to the Academy, where they can train to compete at nationals. The prize is Sillas favor and enough cash to keep open the orphanage, and Legacy has her heart set on both.Magic What Legacy has yet to know is that the other players have something besides better skills and more money than she does. In Nova, tennis can unlock magic. Magic that Silla used to save the kingdom long ago and magic that her competitors have been training in for months already.Now, with the world turned against her and the orphanage at stake, Legacy has to learn to use her passion for the game to rise above those around her and shine. Author Biography Kobe Bryant was an Academy Award winner, a New York Times best-selling author, and the CEO of Granity Studios, a multimedia content creation company. He was also a five-time NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, NBA MVP, and two-time Olympic gold medalist. Above all else, he was a loving husband and a doting father to four girls. In everything he built, Kobe was driven to teach the next generation how to reach their full potential. He believed in the beauty of the process, in the strength that comes from inner magic, and in achieving the impossible. His legacy continues today.Annie Matthew is a novelist and a poet. In a former life, she was a professional athlete. She now lives in Iowa with her gray furry dog, Gus. Review "Legacy is a strong character, and the secondary characters also have interesting backstories. . . . Magic, tennis action, and family secrets are woven into an original coming-of-age tale."—Kirkus Reviews"Wonderful. . . . [This] story of a young heroine who must find friends at a specialized school so that she can prove herself to her privileged critics has plenty of charm, and Legacy is a protagonist worth cheering for."—Publishers Weekly"An ambitious crossover between fantasy, dystopian, and sports fiction . . . a tennis themed mash-up of Suzanne Collinss Hunger Games series and Leigh Bardugos Grisha trilogy."—School Library Journal Long Description Age range 12+ From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award-winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your inner magic against all odds. GAME. SET. MAGIC. Game - Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for twelve-year-old Legacy, its the only thing getting her through the long days taking care of the other kids at the orphanage. Thats all about to change when she hears about Sillas tournament. Set - Silla, the ruler of Nova, hosts an annual tournament for the less fortunate of her citizens to come and prove themselves and win entrance to the Academy, where they can train to compete at nationals. The prize is Sillas favor and enough cash to keep open the orphanage, and Legacy has her heart set on both. Magic - What Legacy has yet to know is that the other players have something besides better skills and more money than she does. In Nova, tennis can unlock magic. Magic that Silla used to save the kingdom long ago and magic that her competitors have been training in for months already. Now, with the world turned against her and the orphanage at stake, Legacy has to learn to use her passion for the game to rise above those around her and shine. Review Quote "Legacy is a strong character, and the secondary characters also have interesting backstories. . . . Magic, tennis action, and family secrets are woven into an original coming-of-age tale."--Kirkus Reviews Details ISBN194952003X Author Kobe Bryant Pages 208 Publisher Granity Studios Year 2019 ISBN-10 194952003X ISBN-13 9781949520033 Format Hardcover Imprint Granity Studios Country of Publication United States DEWEY 813.6 Language English Series Number 1 UK Release Date 2019-09-19 Publication Date 2019-09-19 NZ Release Date 2019-09-19 US Release Date 2019-09-19 Audience Age 10-18 Edition Description New edition Audience Teenage / Young adult Series Legacy and the Queen AU Release Date 2019-09-02 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136078388;

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