Stephanie Garber is the author of this New York Times best-selling young adult fantasy*. “The Hunger Games” meets “The Night Circus” in a tale of two sisters caught in a deadly game.

Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.

But this year, Scarlett’s long dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind* organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.

Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate* performance. But she nevertheless becomes involved in a game of love, heartbreak and magic with the other players in the game. Whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, a dangerous domino effect* of consequences is set off, and her sister disappears forever.

The book is available at online bookstores like jd.com.

(SD-Agencies)