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The Nameless City: Kai travels to the Nameless City to reconnect with his father and be trained as a warrior like all the other sons of the Dao elite. He finds a palace that has high walls, sheltering its people from the natives outside. Kai is curious of what lies in markets and alleys and... Continue Reading →
What a fantastic little book! Threats to Wakanda force The Black Panther to send his son T'Challa and his friend M'Baku to America until it is safe to return. Once in Chicago the pair attend a middle school on the south side, and the Prince and his friend are in for a real fish-out-of-water experience.... Continue Reading →
In what usually amounts to hormone hell is even worse for Jordan Banks when his family sends him to a new middle school. An African-American young man living in Washington Heights will now make the daily trip to RAD (Riverdale Academy Day school), an elite prep school. Jordan is forced to code switch, deal with... Continue Reading →
Alfonso Jones is a busy young man: playing trumpet in the band, acting in the school play, maintaining his grades, working as a bike messenger... all while trying to deal with the fact that his father has been in jail for many years for a crime he did not commit. Yet, when DNA evidence exonerates... Continue Reading →
Hey, Kiddo is a memoir about how one defines family, lives with addiction, and just, grows up. All tough on their own, but a real struggle when combined in the life of a young child. Thankfully, Krosoczka discovers and finds a refuge in his art. Told in a series of memories and anecdotes, there's a... Continue Reading →
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