The Sunbearer Trials

By Aiden Thomas,

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Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where ten semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes in this breathtaking, Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the author of the New York Times-bestselling Cemetery Boys.

Only the most powerful and honorable will be chosen.

Teo, the seventeen-year-old trans son…

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1 author picked The Sunbearer Trials as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This had everything I love in a great book: myths and magic, a wise-cracking main protagonist, and an unpredictable ending.

Sunbearer Trials is a combo of Percy Jackson, The Hunger Games, and Mexican mythology blended together into this incredible story. The world-building is beautiful and the characters feel so authentic and real. Highly recommend!

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