Autorentext

Sarah J. Mendonca is a Portuguese American author of magical books about misfits finding their own way in the world. Raised on her father's bedtime stories, Sarah started writing about monsters at age eight and hasn't stopped since. You can find her haunting dark forests, lurking in bookshops, or buried underneath her enormous tea collection. Her book, An Encantadora's Guide to Monstros and Magic, has received numerous honors including Indies Introduce and Indie Next Kids' selection, a Kirkus starred review and Publisher's Weekly starred review, among others. Visit her at sarahjmendonca.com.

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Encanto meets Oceans 8 in this thrilling second installment in the Encantadora series, following Rosa and her friends as they are caught up in a hair-raising new heist with a monstrous twist.

Rosa Coelho has traveled far from trapping monstros in the lowest city streets of Lua. Ever since her thief crew, the Tea Leaves, successfully heisted from the Ministério dos Monstros, she’s been trying to put her trapping skills behind her to become a full-fledged keeper, master of locks and puzzles.

And now she’s up against the puzzle of a lifetime. Driven to untangle the cryptic message her lost pai left behind, Rosa and her friends must travel to Sol, the City of Thieves, to compete in a series of challenges that would win her access to the answers she’s been looking for. 

But when familiar faces return to sow chaos in the competition, the Tea Leaves discover the darkness within the Garden of Monstros is much more treacherous than they ever imagined. Caught between past and future, Lua and Sol, her knowledge as a trapper and her duty as a keeper, Rosa will need to choose the right path to save her found family—and the entire city—before it’s too late.