life with more cowbell

Up next in book blurbs for fun, another YA novel. This time, The Torchbearer’s Quest, by Christine Callahan-Oke. Another really enjoyable read – with a great name for the hero. 🙂

Middle schooler Cate already has a lot to deal with – navigating school and being the “weird kid” trying to fit in – when her best friend joins the class bullies in tormenting her, a daily experience that gains momentum among other kids at school, who continue the bullies’ campaign of cruelty online. When she suddenly comes into possession of a strange and magical crystal, she takes a chance and turns to Davis, a grade 8 geology nerd, and learns that she’s a torchbearer, tasked with changing the world. Finding herself thrown into a reluctant hero’s journey, Cate’s life will never be the same as she comes to terms with who she is and what she needs to do. With nods to other beloved YA fantasy classics, The Torchbearer’s Quest combines modern-day fantasy adventure and magic realism with social and environmental issues that will resonate with young readers – and even older ones.

Visit your local bookshop to get The Torchbearer’s Quest – if they don’t have it in stock, ask them to order it for you.