The Gauntlet
A Bangladeshi-American girl and her friends must survive a living board game to rescue her brother and escape forever.
First published 2017 · The Gauntlet
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The Story
Farah is trying to settle into a new life in New York while feeling the strain of a birthday gathering, old friendships, and her close family ties. When a mysterious board game is opened, her younger brother disappears into it, and Farah follows with her two best friends.
Inside the game, the trio enters a richly detailed fantasy world shaped by mechanical puzzles, strange guides, and escalating challenges. They must solve a series of trials, learn how the game works, and keep moving before they are trapped there permanently like the children before them.
As they search for Farah’s brother and confront the force controlling the game, the kids rely on friendship, courage, and quick thinking. Their journey moves through marketplaces, palaces, and other game spaces filled with food, danger, and clues, building toward a final attempt to beat the game and go home.
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- Authors
- Karuna Riazi
- First published
- 2017
- Genres
- Fantasy, Middle Grade, Adventure, Steampunk, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Friendship, Family
- Subjects
- JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / GeneralMagicJUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & MagicBangladeshi AmericansFantasy & MagicFictionGamesMiddle EastJUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle EastPeople & PlacesBoard gamesAction & AdventureEscapesJUVENILE FICTIONGeneralMuslimsJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionAsian americans, fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionMuslims, fictionMagic, fictionGames, fictionEscapes, fictionBangladeshi Americans -- New York (State) -- Juvenile fictionBangladeshi Americans -- FictionBoard games -- FictionEscapes -- FictionGames -- FictionMagic -- FictionMuslims -- United States -- FictionUpper East Side (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781481486965
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