Bestselling Young Adult Fantasy Author Tahereh Mafi at SLCL

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Reading Garden Series for Young Audiences is pleased to present popular and award-winning young adult fiction author Tahereh Mafi for a discussion of “These Infinite Threads,” the second installment in her acclaimed fantasy series.

The event will be Thursday, February 9, 6:30 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Branch, 300 Clarkson Rd, Ellisville, MO 63011.

Tahereh Mafi will be in conversation with St. Louis-based YA fantasy author Emily Bain Murphy, author of “Splinters of Scarlet.”

The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from the Novel Neighbor.

Bestselling and National Book Award-nominated young adult author Tahereh Mafi presents the breathtaking sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller “This Woven Kingdom.” Inspired by Persian mythology, Mafi has created a fantasy world full of explosive magic, searing romance, and heartbreaking betrayal.

Alizeh, the heir to the Jinn throne, is destined to free her people from the half-lives they’ve been forced to live under human rule. When Kamran, the heir to the human throne, falls in love with her, he’s forced to question everything he’s been taught about Jinn.

Kamran’s grandfather lays dead at the hand of Cyrus, ruler of the neighboring kingdom of Tulan. Cyrus has stolen Alizeh away to his homeland and plans to marry her there, giving her everything she needs to become the Jinn queen—and when she assumes the throne he will have fulfilled his own bargain with the devil.

Alizeh wants nothing to do with Cyrus’s deal or the devil. But without a way to escape Tulan, and with the fulfillment of her own destiny tantalizingly close, she’ll have to decide whether she can set aside her emotions to become the queen her people need.

Tahereh Mafi is the internationally bestselling and National Book Award-nominated author of books for children and young adults. Best known for the “Shatter Me” series, her books have sold millions of copies and have been translated into thirty languages. Her first contemporary novel, “A Very Large Expanse of Sea,” was named by Time Magazine as one of “the best YA books of all time,” and is in development for film.

Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.