Emily Knight I am... by Abiola Bello
Release date: June 1st 2017
Middle Grade Fantasy Fiction
Paperback ISBN:978-0-9957806-0-6
£7.99
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Abiola Bello breaks boundaries with this gritty and gripping debut fantasy novel.
ABOUT: Thirteen year old warrior Emily, is far from ordinary and she hates it. She’s the daughter of a heroic warrior and the press’s favourite problem child.
She lives with the elite in Legends Village. Against her wishes, Emily is accepted in to the prestigious Osaki Training School for children who are born with supernatural powers aka warriors. She learns to fly, create fireballs, breathe under water and play Dojo.
Emily befriends Michella Kinkle, who’s fears she's the average one in her talented family. Wesley Parker, who jokes to hide his pain that his mother is in rehab but he is lethal with a pack of cards and the handsome but very smart Jason Notting, who never notices the girls falling at his feet.
Emily finds it hard dealing with the pressure of filling in her family's famous shoes but when Emily encounters an old face, she has to find a way to choose between the two people that she loves. The wrong choice could destroy warriors everywhere.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Abiola Bello is a Nigerian-British, prize-winning, bestselling children’s and YA author who was born and raised in London. Abiola is an advocate for diversity in books for young people. Her books include the EMILY KNIGHT I AM series, (Hashtag Press) LOVE IN WINTER WONDERLAND, ONLY FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THE LOVE DARE and the WILD MAGIC series, illustrated by Emma McCann (Simon & Schuster). She has contributed to THE VERY MERRY MURDER CLUB and the SUPER SUNNY MURDER CLUB (Farshore). Abiola has co-written with England footballer Marcus Rashford MBE on the Breakfast Club Adventures - THE MOVIE MONSTER and THE SLEEPOVER SABOTAGE (Macmillan Children's Books) Abiola's books have been selected as Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, Blackwell's Children's Book of the Month, The Bookseller One To Watch, Amazon Editor's Choice for Black History Month 2022, The Guardian Children's & Teens Best New Novel, an Amazon Billboard for Black History Month in Leicester Square, a Junior Library Guild Pick, Target Book Club and more. Abiola won London’s BIG Read 2019, wasa finalist for the People’s Book Prize Best Children’s Book, shortlisted for the Spark! Book Awards, shortlisted for Peters Children's Book of the Year, nominated for the CILIP’s Carnegie Award and more.
Abiola has currently sold right to the US, Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland and Turkey.
Abiola won The Black British Business Awards - Arts and Media 2023, The London Book Fair Trailblazer Awards 2018 and is the co-founder of Hashtag Press and The Diverse Book Awards.
For more on Abiola
Twitter and TikTok: @ABelloWrites
Instagram: abiolabello
Website: www.a-bello.com
