Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu

By Erika Lewis

Book #2 in the The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts series

A legendary artifact is at risk, and only Kelcie can save her world from darkness.

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Kelcie Murphy returns to the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts, only to face a dire warning from her war goddess mother. The Heart of Danu, vital to the Lands of Summer, is threatened. As Kelcie and her friends race to protect it, suspicion falls on her due to her family's dark past. With the world teetering on the brink of darkness, Kelcie must choose between fighting for acceptance or a future beyond looming war. Can she prove herself and save her home from impending doom?

From the publisher

Kelcie Murphy is back in another action-packed middle grade adventure, Kelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of Danu, the second book in Erika Lewis’s magical series infused with Celtic mythology, The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts. It’s hard having a father who’s an infamous traitor. It’s even harder having a mother who’s an omen of doom. After a summer away, Kelcie Murphy is excited to be back at the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts. But she and her friends have barely settled in when they receive a visit from her mother–the war goddess, Nemain–with a warning of coming calamity. The Heart of Danu, the legendary source of all light and warmth in the Lands of Summer, is going to be stolen. And only Kelcie and her mates can stop it. As they travel with the rest of the students to Summer City to take part in the glorious Ascension Ceremony, Kelcie has no time for the military parade, the lavish ball, or even to visit her father: she’s determined to protect the Heart and her new home. But the Lands of Summer are still not a welcoming place for Kelcie. When disaster strikes, the Queen, the High Guard, and even some of her schoolmates suspect Kelcie is to blame. As the world is plunged into darkness, Kelcie will have to decide: does she keep fighting for a place that may always see her as a traitor’s daughter, or for a future greater than the war to come. Also by Erika LewisThe Academy for the Unbreakable ArtsKelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable ArtsKelcie Murphy and the Hunt for the Heart of DanuOther WorksGame of Shadows

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