Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron High School    HarperTeen    490 pp. 9/19    978-0-06-287095-7    $18.99 e-book ed.  978-0-06-287097-1    $8.99 Arrah was born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, though magic has always evaded her. But when children are abducted and omens of death appear in the market streets, Arrah doesn’t need...

According to Nichelle Nichols, the first Black woman cast as a main character on a major television show, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Trekkie. In fact, she stated that it was his support that prompted her to continue her role as Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek even though...