Age Group: 9 - 12 Years, 12+ Years

Description:

"This happened. Or maybe it didn't." Stories hinge on belief—and Sabrena's qadr (destiny) burns bright, family lore claims, as Sinbad the Sailor's direct descendants. Yet the new girl at school drowns in worries: kindergarten cliques, Grandma's fading memories and wilder tales, Mom's plan to uproot her, and eerie water oddities swirling around her lately. Then the sea surges, sweeping Sabrena into Scheherazade's One Thousand and One Nights—but twisted. No Sinbad echoes, tales warp unpredictably, and a menacing jinn ravages the realm. Can she summon courage to seize her fabled fate amid fantastical floods and forgotten legends? Acclaimed Karuna Riazi weaves a lush, thematic tapestry of heritage, imagination, and storytelling's might (ages 9+). For The Last Mapmaker fans, this ocean-drenched quest proves the best tales rewrite destiny itself.