About
The Book:
Author: Ronald L.
Smith
Pub. Date: September
28, 2021
Publisher: Marvel Press
Formats: Hardcover,
eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 272
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
The second book in the hit Young Prince series from Ronald L. Smith, recipient of the 2016 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award.
In the sequel to the hit middle grade novel, The Young Prince,
T'Challa is heading back to America to visit his friends Sheila and Zeke, who
are staying with Sheila's grandma in Alabama over their summer break. T'Challa
is excited to see his friends, but his fun summer vacation quickly turns into a
nightmare. The small town has fallen under the sway of a charismatic politician
named Achebe who is there to retrieve a spell book full of dark magic. When
strange events start to take place, T'Challa begins to think that it's no
coincidence that Achebe arrived in Beaumont at the same time he did.
Will T'Challa figure out his role in Achebe's sinister plot and break the
spell he has over the town?
Review:
Wakandan prince T’Challa, with the help of his
friends, uncovers mysteries and faces new foes. T’Challa, the 13-year-old
prince of Wakanda, continues his adventures in America in this second entry in
the Young Prince series. This time he is visiting Alabama with his Chicago
friends, Sheila and Zeke. Staying with Sheila’s grandmother Miss Rose, the
three are excited about all the fun activities they will partake in over the
summer. But their revelry quickly gets interrupted thanks to a strange figure
T’Challa encounters on multiple occasions, an acrobat called the Amazing Bob.
Immediately, T’Challa gets a strange feeling about Bob, sensing that things are
not what they seem with him. It turns out that the prince’s instincts are
correct, as Bob is really Achebe, a politician with seemingly irresistible
charm who has been wielding his power to influence the townspeople. Achebe has
devious plans that require T’Challa’s unwitting participation and a spell book
called the Book of Sins. It’s up to the young Wakandan and his friends to
figure out and foil his plot before it’s too late and an irreversible price is
paid. Smith delivers an action-filled story of friendship, youthful curiosity,
and exploration that centers Black kids and is layered with anecdotes and
storylines that highlight themes of social justice and power. Superhero fans
will be satisfied by this latest installment. (Fantasy. 8-13)――Kirkus
Reviews
About Ronald L. Smith:
Ronald L. Smith is an award-winning writer of children's literature including the middle
grade novels Black Panther: The Young Prince, The Mesmerist,
The Owls Have Come To Take Us Away, and Gloomstown, a Junior
Library Guild Selection. His first novel, Hoodoo, earned him the 2016 Coretta
Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award and the ILA Award for
Intermediate Fiction from The International Literacy Association. Before he
became a full-time writer, he worked in advertising and wrote TV commercials
for big corporations. He is much happier writing books for young people.
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