KWAME MBALIA
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 15
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Description
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Formats
Description
"Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime -- a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules, and not much to do. His worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic lioness Besa are his only family... and his only friends. Often in trouble for his thrill-seeking antics and smart mouth, those same qualities make Yared a star player of the underground augmented reality game, The Hunt for Kaleb's Obelisk. But when a change in the game rules prompts...
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"After reuniting with Ayanna, who is now in his world, Tristan travels up the Mississippi in pursuit of his archenemy, King Cotton. Along the way they encounter new haints who are dead set on preventing their progress north to Tristan's hometown of Chicago. It's going to take many Alkean friends, including the gods themselves, the black flames of the afokena gloves, and all of Tristan's inner strength to deliver justice once and for all."--
Author
Series
Tristan Strong volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke and enlist the help of African gods and black folktale heroes when Nana is abducted from the Strong family farm in Alabama.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Appears on list
Description
Black boy joy is...Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit. Saving the universe in an epic intergalactic race. Finding your voice—and your rhymes—during tough times. Flying on your skateboard like nobody’s watching. And more! From seventeen acclaimed Black male and non-binary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood."--Amazon.com.
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