Kwame Mbalia

Tristan Strong

1 - Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Oct-2019)
2 - Tristan Strong Destroys the World (Oct-2020)

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  Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
  

  • Oct-2019
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  Tristan Strong - 1
  

  Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods. Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anyth...

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  Tristan Strong Destroys the World
  

  • Oct-2020
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  Tristan Strong - 2
  

  Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in the New York Times best-selling and award-winning Tristan Strong trilogy by Kwame Mbalia.Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke, the land of African Ame...

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  Last Gate of the Emperor
  

  • May-2021
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  From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars. Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime -- a hardscrabble ...

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  Black Boy Joy
  

  • Aug-2021
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  Celebrate the joys of Black boyhood with stories from seventeen bestselling, critically acclaimed Black authors -- including Jason Reynolds, Jerry Craft, and Kwame Mbalia! Black boy joy is… Picking out a fresh first-day-of-school outfit. Sa...

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  Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, The Graphic Novel
  

  • Aug-2022
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  The best-selling and awarding-winning novel about a Black boy who helps folk heroes and gods through storytelling is now a dynamic graphic novel! "This graphic adaptation of the children's novel that began the 'Tristan Strong' trilogy will have plent...

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  The Royal Trials
  

  • Aug-2023
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  From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars.Yared has traveled a long way to find his place in the universe. Light ye...

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  Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
  

  • Oct-2024
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  The award-winning author of the best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy has created a secret world where kids can wield magic by summoning the power of their ancestorsWhat do you get when you combine Kwame Mbalia's incredible imagination and world-buildi...

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  Captain America
  

  • Jan-2025
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  New York Times best-selling author Kwame Mbalia and New York Times best-selling illustrator Nikkolas Smith explore the world of Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World. This new picture book is perfect for fans of Sam Wilson, Captain Ameri...

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