Niki Smith – författare

After a terrible political coup usurps their noble house, Hawke and Grayson flee to stay alive and assume new identities, Hanna and Grayce. Desperation and chance lead them to the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will.As the twins learn more about the Communion, and themselves, they begin to hatch a plan to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce struggles to keep the threads of her new life from unravelling, and realises she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl.

Struggling with anxiety after witnessing a harrowing instance of gun violence, Manuel Soto copes through photography, using his cell-phone camera to find anchors that keep him grounded. His days are a lonely, latchkey monotony until he's teamed with his classmates, Sebastian and Caysha, for a group project.Sebastian lives on a grass-fed cattle farm outside of town, and Manuel finds solace in the open fields and in the antics of the newborn calf Sebastian is hand-raising. As Manuel aides his new friends in their preparations for the local county fair, he learns to open up, confronts his deepest fears, and even finds first love.

Midsummer Sisters is a contemporary graphic novel abouttwo sisters who find themselves watching over a wild foal duringa summer of change. A stunning story about the power of sisterhood.Kenzie and Quinn aren't just stepsisters ― they're bestfriends. They're spending the summer with their grandmother, kayakingin the marshy coastal islands she calls home. The Outer Banksare also home to a herd of wild ponies, and the girls fall in lovewith a fragile newborn foal that they name Starling.But even blue skies and sandy beaches can't distract from what'sgoing on back home. Things between their parents aren't the waythey used to be, and the constant fights have left Kenzie and Quinnanxious and confused. They can't remember a time when they weren'ta family. If their parents divorce and Quinn and her mom moveaway, will they even still be sisters ... or will they be nothing?As their world shifts around them, the girls swear to do the onething they can: keep Starling safe.Award-winning cartoonist Niki Smith delivers a stunning storyset during a summer of change. Filled with gorgeous and expressiveillustrations, Midsummer Sisters is a celebration of the beautyof wild horses, as powerful as the unbreakable bond between sisters.