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The Gatekeeper's Staff

TJ Young & The Orishas, Book 1

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The Gatekeeper's Staff

By: Antoine Bandele
Narrated by: Nekia Renee Martin
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TJ Young has been surrounded by magic his entire life, yet he has never tapped into it...until now.

Fourteen-year-old TJ grew up normal in a secret community of gifted diviners in the heart of modern-day Los Angeles. His powerful sister was ordained to lead his people into a new age of prosperity, but her mysterious death in Nigeria threatens to destroy the very foundations of TJ’s world.

Desperate to pick up where his sister left off and uncover the secrets behind her questionable death, TJ commits himself to unlocking the magical heritage that has always eluded him. So he enrolls in Camp Olosa—a remedial magic school for the divinely less-than-gifted in the humid swamps of New Orleans.

But little does he know, TJ is destined to cross paths with powerful spirits of old thought lost to time: The Orishas.

Delve into this young adult fantasy based on the mythology of the West African gods, where TJ will encounter unlikely allies, tough-as-gatorhide instructors, and the ancient secrets of the Orishas.

©2021 Antoine Bandele (P)2021 Antoine Bandele

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The gods wrath and the truth about the chosen one

Tj hasn't caught a break his whole life but I was rooting for him. Not everyone starts the same but of course there's gonna be haters on the way.
I loved how torn he was about his new powers and how he was wresting with even believing in himself. His connection to his sister kept him going and also got him a little lost but his endurance through the first half time at camp was admirable. It's not rushed and his growth asa character paces well. His development, his friends and mothers trust in his magic puts more faith in him and is so beautifully placed as the story gains momentum and the pieces of the puzzles begin to come togther. I didn't know who to believe either. I can't wait for the next book.

The narrator had a nasal voice all through like she had a cold and it made me want to return the book a few times. The African accents missed because she only spaced out words and spoke slower, that's not it. The African amercan ones she hit right. But It was hard to engage.

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