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SPOTLIGHT By Allison Radziwon Looking for a new book to read this summer? Look no further! We have just the author and book recommendations for you: Kwame Mbalia
Mbalia is also the editor of Black Boy Joy, a middle grade anthology about celebrating Black boyhood, which was released on August 3rd, 2021 by Delacorte Press. To learn more about Mbalia and purchase his work, visit kwamembalia.com.
Mbalia is the New York Times bestselling author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, for which he won the Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award. Published by Rick Riordan Presents/DisneyHyperion, the middle grade trilogy follows seventh grader Tristan Strong’s adventures in a world of African American folk heroes and West African gods. The last book of the Tristan Strong trilogy – Tristan Strong Keeps Punching – was released on October 5th, 2021. He cowrote Last Gate of the Emperor with Prince Joel Makonnen from Scholastic. 30
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