Loyalty cannot wait to kick off back to school with a fantastic young adult book event! The coziest fantasy with your new favorite heroine, Verity Vox opens up a world you will want to return to again and a again. Join us at the DC Pop-Up for refreshments and fantastic conversation. 

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Inspired by Kiki’s Delivery Service, this cozy fantasy features a queer witch in training who tries to break a mountain town’s curse.

WELCOME TO FOXFIRE
The rules here are simple:
Don’t look in the trees.
Don’t whistle in the woods at night.
Don’t answer if you hear your
name called.
And remember . . . everything wants.
Verity Vox is a witch-in-training who has never met a problem her spells can’t solve. But when a cryptic plea for help sends her to the forgotten coal mining town of Foxfire, she soon learns even magic has its limits.
Verity discovers a curse was laid years ago by a traveling magician who vanished into the ancient Appalachian hills to seek greater power. Crops won’t grow. Bellies go hungry. Even treasured possessions fall apart. What’s worse, people have gone missing amidst rumors that they’ve sought out the magician who is lying in wait for those foolish or desperate enough to strike a deal with him.
The witch must break the curse, find a missing girl, and solve the mystery of what’s really under the mountain before the town falls forever into the clutches of the monster lurking in the hills.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Don Martin was born in Appalachia and now lives with his husband on a horse ranch outside of Chicago, where he produces his inquisitive interview podcast, “Head On Fire.” Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire is his debut novel.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER

Christine Platt is a modern-day Renaissance woman whose work centers on honoring Black voices and lived experiences — past, present, and future. Known as the Afrominimalist, Christine is recognized globally as a teacher and trailblazer on how to live a liberating life with less. 

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