Abeni’s Song (Macmillan) is the first in an epic adventure-fantasy series for readers aged eight to twelve, by American-Trinidadian novelist P. Djèlí Clark. Young Abeni is thrust into an unplanned-for magical apprenticeship which she resents but cannot avoid, if she is to secure the future of her besieged fellow villagers. During her tutelage, a cohort of spirit guides assist her on an often perilous journey, one in which the fates of multiple forces are intertwined. The second installment of Abeni’s saga releases in 2024.