Rick Riordan Presents: The Spirit Glass - by Roshani Chokshi (Hardcover)

About the Book

Corazon Lopez looks forward to her eleventh birthday, when she can finally be trained in wielding babaylan magic and use it to bring her parents back to life.

Book Synopsis

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents a standalone quest adventure based on Filipino mythology by Roshani Chokshi, author of the best-selling Aru Shah series.

Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under her powerful guardian, Aunt Tina. As soon as her magic awakens, Corazon plans to bring her parents back from the dead and no longer have to rely on a soul key to allow visits with their ghosts for a few hours every Saturday night.

But when a vengeful ghost steals Corazon's precious key, the fragile balance between the human world and the spirit world is thrown out of whack. Aunt Tina reveals that if Corazon wants her magic to awaken, then she must lay the ghost to rest by fashioning a new soul key.

With her rather bloodthirsty gecko companion, Saso, Corazon embarks on a quest through the spirit realms. But they must move quickly, for if the ghost gets through the spirit glass, all hope will be lost.

Roshani Chokshi pays tribute to her Filipino heritage in this book that has all the magic, sparkle, and heart that made her Aru Shah series a fantasy classic.

Review Quotes

PRAISE FOR THE SPIRIT GLASS

"I read The Spirit Glass in a single day, because I simply could not put it down. Once I finished, I paced back and forth, muttering to myself, Wow, I did not think I could love any protagonist more than I love Aru Shah. But now there is Corazon Lopez. . . .Forgive me, Aru, for those words of blasphemy! The Spirit Glass is just that good."
--Rick Riordan, New York Times #1 best-selling author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

"Roshani writes with the kind of electrifying wonder and sweeping grace that only she can! You will fall in love with Corazon and Saso."
--Kelly Yang #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning author of the Front Desk series and New From Here

"An extraordinary, heartfelt story about family, radiating with sweetness and sincerity."
--Soman Chainani, New York Times best-selling author of The School of Good and Evil

"I am in awe of Roshani Chokshi's imagination. The Spirit Glass is gorgeously written, laugh-out-loud funny, and utterly heartfelt."
--Tae Keller, Newbery award winning author of When You Trap a Tiger

★"Chokshi writes a memorable spin on a tween's looking-glass adventures."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

★"Chokshi has outdone herself with her newest addition to the Rick Riordan Presents line . . . a must-have for any reader who loves folklore-inspired fantasy."
--Booklist (starred review)

"A thrilling tale brimming with magic and love."
--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Roshani Chokshi (she/her) is the author of the instant New York Times best-selling Pandava quintet inspired by the Hindu stories she learned from her paternal grandmother. The first book in the series, Aru Shah and the End of Time, was named one of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time magazine. Rosh also wrote the New York Times best-selling Star-Touched and Gilded Wolves series for YA readers, and The Last Tale of the Flower Bride for adults. One of her motivations for writing The Spirit Glass was to honor her Filipino heritage on her mother's side. She lives in Georgia. Follow her adventures on Instagram @roshanichokshi.