Sabrena Swept Away

The author of the acclaimedA Bit of Earthreimagines classic characters fromThe One Thousand and One Nights. Sabrenas family has always claimed they are descended from the legendary sailor Sinbad. But when the sea calls Sabrena to a whole new world, shell have to fight for her own story. For fans ofThe Last MapmakerandMaanaland.

This happened. Or maybe it did not.

That is how stories begin. Because whether you believe themor notdepends on you.

Sabrenas destinyher qadris strong. Or so her family has always said. After all, according to her dad, they are the descendants of the legendary Sinbad the sailor, who sailed the seven seas inThe One Thousand and One Nights. But Sabrena has felt anything but strong lately. Mostly, she has felt worried. Worried about being the new girl in a school everyone else has attended since kindergarten, worried about Grandmas memory failing and her stories getting more outlandish, worried about Mom deciding Grandma cant even live at home anymore. Worried about the strangealmost fantasticalthings that keep happening whenever shes around water lately.

And then, one day, the seas call will not be denied. It floods into her life and sweeps her away, to be fished out of an ocean both strange and oddly familiar. It only takes her a moment to realize that shes in the stories spun by the legendary queen Scheherazade. Yet no one has ever heard of Sinbad, nothing seems to be going quite as it does in the tales as she knows them, and a frightening jinn is terrorizing the kingdom. Can Sabrena find the courage to claim her destiny before its too late?

Inspired by the classicOne Thousand and One Nights, acclaimed author Karuna Riazi has crafted a tantalizing tale about fate, family, imagination, and the power of a good story.Sabrena Swept Awayis a thematically rich adventure that will resonate with fans of Christina SoontornvatsThe Last Mapmaker.