Ballad & Dagger
Daniel José Older
When sixteen-year-old Mateo and Chela discover each other and their powers during a political battle between neighborhood factions, they set aside their differences to unravel the mystery behind their sunken homeland and to stop a dangerous political operative who is trying to harness their gifts to unleash terror on the world.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Rick Riordan
- Year
- 2022
- ISBN-13
- 9781368070829
- Genre
- Young AdultFantasy
- Topics
- Coming of agePolitical conspiracyDiscovering magical powers
Awards
- Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel (Young Adult)Shortlisted(2023)
- Locus Award for Best Young Adult NovelShortlisted(2023)
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