After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze.
But between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. She’s got enough to worry about!
But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers’ successor and determine the future of magiciankind.
The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner’s magical rewards is Quinton’s last hope . . . so how can Amari refuse?


The stunning sequel to AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS, which was a Sunday Times Bestseller, spent 30 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and has landed 27 book deals worldwide. AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS is soon to be a major motion picture with Universal Pictures, with Black-ish's Marsai Martin producing and starring as Amari, and Don Cheadle also producing.



 'As a former black girl misfit who wanted nothing more in the world than to be magical, this book is a song to my soul. Amari is the heroine we all need.' 
- Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin 

‘An outstanding fantasy series’ – The Guardian

‘This thrilling new fantasy adventure is already set to be made into a film and it’s easy to see why.’ – The Week Junior

‘[A] beguiling debut’ – The Observer
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PENGUIN Michael Joseph has revealed the cover for their highly anticipated 2022 fiction title Mika in Real Life by Emiko Jean.

Mika in Real Life will publish in Hardback, eBook and Audio later this year and is the debut adult novel from Jean, a New York Times bestselling author whose YA has previously been selected for Reese Witherspoon’s YA book club.

AT 35, MIKA SUZUKI IS STRUGGLING. She's been fired (again). Her last relationship went up in flames. Her mother is perpetually disappointed in her. And now, she's had a phone call from sixteen-year-old Penny Calvin: the baby she reluctantly gave up for adoption when she was just a teenager herself.

Penny has questions – and Mika is desperate to meet her girl. But she barely feels like she can take care of herself. Is she ready to show Penny who Mika Suzuki really is?

Emiko Jean is the author of the New York Times bestseller Tokyo Ever After, a Reese's Book Club YA pick, as well as Empress of All Seasons, an Indie Next pick, and We'll Never Be Apart. She lives in Washington with her family. When she's not writing, she is reading. Most of her friends are imaginary. Before she became a writer she was an entomologist (fancy name for bug catcher), a candle maker, a florist, and most recently a teacher. She lives in Washington with her husband and children (unruly twins). She loves the rain. Mika in Real Life is her first adult novel.

Cornish said: ‘With one of the most powerful opening scenes I’ve read in a long time, Mika in Real Life takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions as Mika, her daughter Penny, and Penny’s adopted dad discover more about each other, and themselves. A celebration of the families we’re given, and the families we choose, this book will make you laugh, make you cry and leave your heart full – proving that just because life is messy, that doesn’t mean it isn’t perfect. I fell head over heels for Mika, and can’t wait to work with her international teams to introduce her to the UK.’

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