{"product_id":"9781368070874","title":"Rick Riordan Presents: Ballad \u0026 Dagger","description":"\u003cp\u003e(W) Daniel José Older\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePage Count: 384\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest-selling author Rick Riordan presents Daniel José Older's extraordinary YA urban fantasy about two teens who discover each other while fighting for their diaspora community.Almost sixteen years ago, Mateo Matisse's island homeland disappeared into the sea. Weary and hopeless, the survivors of San Madrigal's sinking escaped to New York.While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn diaspora community dreams of someday finding a way back home, Mateo--now a high school junior and piano prodigy living with his two aunts (one who's alive, the other not so much)--is focused on one thing: getting the attention of locally-grown musical legend Gerval. Mateo finally gets his chance on the night of the Grand Fete, an annual party celebrating the blended culture of pirates, Cuban Santeros, and Sephardic Jews that created San Madrigal all those centuries ago.But the evil that sank their island has finally caught up with them, and on the night of the celebration, Mateo's life is forever changed when he witnesses a brutal murder by a person he thought he knew.Suddenly Mateo is thrust into an ancient battle that spans years and oceans. Deadly secrets are unraveled and Mateo awakens a power within himself--a power that not only links him to the killer but could also hold the key to unlocking the dark mystery behind his lost homeland.From the author of the award-winning Shadowshaper Cypher series comes the first novel in the Outlaw Saints duology--a brilliant story that will transport readers to a world where magic, myth, and gods reign over the streets of Brooklyn.Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, now a hit series on Disney+.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Graphic Novel is available as a Special Order Item, not in stock in our warehouse. Special Order Graphic Novels take approximately ten days to arrive at CaptCan Comics. These items are in Brand New Condition and are Unread. Availability is subject to change. Orders for these items are treated the same as Pre-Sales. If you order Special Order Items and items in stock at CaptCan Comics together and pay shipping, the available items will be fulfilled into your hold box, and then shipped complete when the outstanding item arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Disney Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Special Order Item","offer_id":46932823605436,"sku":"9781368070874","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/9870\/1140\/files\/9781368070874.jpg?v=1781102126","url":"https:\/\/www.captcancomics.ca\/products\/9781368070874","provider":"CaptCan Comics Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}