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Review of Tristan Strong Destroys the World
Tristan Strong Destroys the World by Kwame Mbalia Intermediate, Middle School Riordan/Disney-Hyperion 320 pp. g 10/20 978-1-368-04238-3 $17.99 Library ed. 978-1-4328-8471-0 $21.99 e-book ed. 978-1-368-06802-4 $10.99 In the sequel to CSK honoree Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (rev. 7/20), Tristan once again finds himself responsible for saving...
Review of Daughters of Jubilation
Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron High School Simon Pulse 352 pp. g 10/20 978-1-4814-5950-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-4814-5952-5 $10.99 In the summer of 1962 in an alternate-universe Jim Crow South, Black teenager Evalene Deschamps learns that the women in her family are blessed with magical abilities (including telekinesis,...
Review of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown High School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 480 pp. g 6/20 978-0-06-289149-5 $18.99 This tale, first in a West African–inspired duology, is narrated in the third person, from two points of view. The first protagonist, Malik, is an Eshran refugee fleeing his...
Review of Kingdom of Souls
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...
Imaginative Spaces and Connecting Lines: SFF and the CSK
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...