{"id":8666,"date":"2020-12-08T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T12:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=8666"},"modified":"2022-08-15T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T17:03:00","slug":"children-of-the-spider","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/","title":{"rendered":"Children Of The Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayali is a girl on the run. Driven by desperation and the search for her father, Mayali leaves behind everything she has ever known on her home world of Zolpash, a land os sulphur and harsh weather, and journeys to Guyana. There she meets Joseph, a boy without the gift of speech but with much to say. Together they take a daring, cross-country journey to save earth from the invading Spider gods and their armies.<\/p>\n<p>Will they be too late? Will anyone even believe them? And will Mayali be able to find her father.<\/p>\n<p>Children of the Spider is a fast-paced, page-turning adventure. This gripping story of survival and determination takes its two Amerindian protagonists from the lush hinterlands of Guyana through to the bustling city of Georgetown where the colonial past continues to rub shoulders with the gritty, crime-riddled city. It weaves a story of intrigue as technology collides with figures from folklore in a dystopian re-imagining of the contemporary Caribbean. Children of the Spider brings a rich, vibrant and fresh take of one of the world\u2019s oldest myths from an interesting new voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children of the Spider is a fast-paced, page-turning adventure. This gripping story of survival and determination takes its two Amerindian protagonists from the lush hinterlands of Guyana through to the bustling city of Georgetown where the colonial past continues to rub shoulders with the gritty, crime-riddled city. It weaves a story of intrigue as technology collides with figures from folklore in a dystopian re-imagining of the contemporary Caribbean. Children of the Spider brings a rich, vibrant and fresh take of one of the world\u2019s oldest myths from an interesting new voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"product_cat":[338,148,145,146],"product_tag":[159,160,161],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Children Of The Spider ~ Blue Banyan Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our growing catalogue of children\u2019s books is populated by fun, dynamic stories with engaging characters that live on in a child\u2019s memory. We produce children\u2019s picture books as well as illustrated chapter books.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Children Of The Spider ~ Blue Banyan Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our growing catalogue of children\u2019s books is populated by fun, dynamic stories with engaging characters that live on in a child\u2019s memory. We produce children\u2019s picture books as well as illustrated chapter books.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blue Banyan Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlueBanyanBooks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-15T17:03:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Product_Children_of_the_Spider_325x475.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"325\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"475\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bluebanyanbooks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/\",\"name\":\"Children Of The Spider ~ Blue Banyan Books\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Product_Children_of_the_Spider_325x475.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-08T12:21:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-15T17:03:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Our growing catalogue of children\u2019s books is populated by fun, dynamic stories with engaging characters that live on in a child\u2019s memory. We produce children\u2019s picture books as well as illustrated chapter books.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Product_Children_of_the_Spider_325x475.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Product_Children_of_the_Spider_325x475.jpg\",\"width\":325,\"height\":475},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/shop\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Children Of The Spider\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/\",\"name\":\"Blue Banyan Books\",\"description\":\"Caribbean writers and writing\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Blue Banyan Books\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo-horizontal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo-horizontal.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":256,\"caption\":\"Blue Banyan Books\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlueBanyanBooks\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bluebanyanbooks\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bluebanyanbooks\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCQ_lODbzQseRXdfszpoy_Fw\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Children Of The Spider ~ Blue Banyan Books","description":"Our growing catalogue of children\u2019s books is populated by fun, dynamic stories with engaging characters that live on in a child\u2019s memory. We produce children\u2019s picture books as well as illustrated chapter books.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Children Of The Spider ~ Blue Banyan Books","og_description":"Our growing catalogue of children\u2019s books is populated by fun, dynamic stories with engaging characters that live on in a child\u2019s memory. We produce children\u2019s picture books as well as illustrated chapter books.","og_url":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/","og_site_name":"Blue Banyan Books","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlueBanyanBooks","article_modified_time":"2022-08-15T17:03:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":325,"height":475,"url":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Product_Children_of_the_Spider_325x475.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@bluebanyanbooks","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/","url":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/","name":"Children Of The Spider ~ Blue Banyan Books","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Product_Children_of_the_Spider_325x475.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-08T12:21:11+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-15T17:03:00+00:00","description":"Our growing catalogue of children\u2019s books is populated by fun, dynamic stories with engaging characters that live on in a child\u2019s memory. We produce children\u2019s picture books as well as illustrated chapter books.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Product_Children_of_the_Spider_325x475.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Product_Children_of_the_Spider_325x475.jpg","width":325,"height":475},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/product\/children-of-the-spider\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Children Of The Spider"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/","name":"Blue Banyan Books","description":"Caribbean writers and writing","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#organization","name":"Blue Banyan Books","url":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo-horizontal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo-horizontal.png","width":1000,"height":256,"caption":"Blue Banyan Books"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlueBanyanBooks","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bluebanyanbooks","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bluebanyanbooks","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCQ_lODbzQseRXdfszpoy_Fw"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/8666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=8666"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluebanyanbooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=8666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}