Return to Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel by Melissa de la Cruz will be released on May 24, and take place between the first and second movies. This novel checks in on the unlikely group of heroes who have to return home and find new adventures.
The Isle of the Lost, the book prequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants, featuring the children of Disney’s classic villains and heroes, is an international bestselling blockbuster. The novel, written by young adult fiction queen Melissa de la Cruz, spent thirty-seven weeks on the New York Times bestseller list — fifteen at the #1 spot—and has more than one million copies in print to date. Descendants, starring Kristin Chenoweth and Dove Cameron, is the #1 most watched cable TV movie of 2015, and #5 of all time, and its soundtrack is the #1 bestselling album on iTunes.
Now, fulfilling the hopes of The Isle of the Lost’s impassioned readers and bridging the gap between Descendants and its movie sequel that is currently in development, comes Return to the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel by Melissa de la Cruz (Disney-Hyperion; ISBN 978-1-4847-5071-1; 5/24/2016; $17.99).
For those of you who have seen The Isle of the Lost, it was the home of Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos, the descendants of Disney’s most infamous villains: Maleficent, Jafar, Cruella De Vil, and The Evil Queen. The kids were doomed to spend their lives imprisoned there until Belle and Beast’s son, Prince Ben, gave them the chance to live in the majestic kingdom of Auradon and learn how to be good. But growing up with evil parents doesn’t make being good easy, especially for Evie.
Now, Mal is dating Ben, her mother is imprisoned under glass in the form of a tiny dragon, and the teens think they’ve put their dark past on Isle behind them as they adjust to life at Auradon Prep. But everything changes as they each receive threatening anonymous messages demanding that they return to the Isle. The friends cook up a scheme to get back to their former home and confront their mysterious cyberbullies. But their arrival sparks a whole new sequence of surprises, mysteries, twists and turns, setting them on the path of a new and exciting magical adventure deep in the catacombs beneath the Isle of the Lost.
Written with her characteristic wit and charm — and the fresh and teen-friendly dialogue contemporary readers adore — Melissa del la Cruz delivers another delight that will keep readers of all ages enthralled and eager for the next installment in this already beloved franchise. Melissa de la Cruz is set to make several appearances around the country to promote the book and she will even have a special guest at the Los Angeles event!
Return to the Isle of the Lost
Melissa de la Cruz’s May-June 2016 appearances
Friday, May 12 Book Expo, Disney Booth #2117
1:00 PM McCormick Place
2301 S. Martin Luther King Drive
Chicago, IL
Saturday, May 14 BookCon, Disney Booth #2117
3:00 PM McCormick Place
2301 S. Martin Luther King Drive
Chicago, IL
Tuesday, May 24 Barnes & Noble, The Americana
6:30 PM 210 Americana Way
with Sofia Carson (Evie) Glendale, CA
Thursday, May 26 Blue Willow Bookshop
7:00 PM Event held at Spring Forest Middle School
14240 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77079
Wednesday, June 1 Little Shop of Stories
7:00 PM Event held at Georgia Center for the Book
Decatur Library
215 Sycamore Street
Decatur, GA
Friday, June 3 Anderson’s Bookshop
7:00 PM 123 W. Jefferson Ave.
Naperville, IL