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WE DO NOT WELCOME OUR TEN YEAR-OLD OVERLORD

Garth Nix

A chilling adventure about a strange object that falls into the wrong hands and has the potential to destroy the world. This is perfect for fans of Stranger Things, The Last Kids on Earth, and Neil Gaiman.
It's not fair. Kim's always lived in the shadow of his younger sister, Eila -- which is not how it's supposed to be. Eila is a prodigy, and everyone talks about how smart she is... but, in Kim's eyes, she has no common sense. One day Kim and Eila are walking in the woods, and Eila finds an enigmatic, otherworldly object floating in a lake. Kim thinks it's bad news... especially when it communicates with Ella, and she decides to take it home. Soon she is calling it her friend, and in return it is giving her awesome powers over insects, animals, the weather, and . . . other human beings. These are powers no one should have -- particularly not a ten-year-old girl who thinks she's always right. What can Kim and his group of gamer friends do against someone like that? And should they even try? Maybe Eila is right, and the entity is a friend. But what if it isn't?... Garth Nix is the internationally bestselling author of over 30 books for readers of all ages, including the New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series, the Keys to the Kingdom series, the Seventh Tower series, Frogkisser!, Angel Mage, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, and Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer. With Sean Williams, he is the co-author of the Troubletwisters series, the Have Sword, Will Travel series, and Spirit Animals: Blood Ties. More than six million copies of his books have been sold around the world and his work has been translated into 40 languages. He has received countless awards and nominations in the US and Australia for his novels and short fiction. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two children.
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Published 2024-10-15 by Scholastic

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Garth Nix's Dungeons & Dragons fandom is all over his upcoming alien-invasion book The author of Sabriel on his tabletop RPG fandom, plus an excerpt of We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord Read more...

Young fans of TTRPGs will enjoy this story, along with images of Nix's own D&D campaigns from his formative years. An epic adventure filled with autonomy awaits.