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Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky / Kwame Mbalia.
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to get it away from the creature, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781368039932 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1368039936 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781368042413
- Physical Description: 482 pages : map ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Los Angeles ; Disney-Hyperion, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Map on lining papers "Rick Riordan Presents." |
| Awards Note: | Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor Book, 2020 |
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| Genre: | Action and adventure fiction. |
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- 3 of 4 copies available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | J MBALI K (Text) | 33126024079844 | JFiction | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | J MBALI K (Text) | 33126022985273 | JFiction Paperback | Available | - |
| Erlanger Branch | J MBALI K (Text) | 33126024079851 | JFiction | Checked out | 05/05/2024 |
| Independence Branch | J MBALI K (Text) | 33126024079869 | JFiction | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Haunted by the bus accident that ended his best friendâs life, seventh grader Tristan Strong dreads a visit to his grandparentsâ Alabama farm before a bizarre living doll snatches away his friendâs notebook and draws him into a world of burning seas, iron monsters and exhausted black folk heroes. 75,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Seventh-grader Tristan Strong tumbles into the MidPass and, with allies John Henry and Brer Rabbit, must entice the god Anansi to come out of hiding and seal the hole Tristan accidentally ripped in the sky. - Grand Central Pub
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.
*"Mbalia expertly weaves a meaningful portrayal of family and community with folklore, myth, and historyâincluding the legacy of the slave tradeâcreating a fast-paced, heroic series starter."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from the tragedy.
But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it--is that a doll?--and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to wrestle the journal out of the creature's hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world.
Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left Black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding and seal the hole in the sky. But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?
Winner of a Coretta Scott King Author Honor
Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.