Two Points of Interest: Kwame Mbalia

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Book Spotlight - Tristan Strong Keeps Punching by Kwame Mbalia + Giveaway

About the Book:

Title: TRISTAN STRONG KEEPS PUNCHING (Tristan Strong #3)

Author: Kwame Mbalia

Pub. Date: October 5, 2021

Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Pages: 320

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the finale of Kwame Mbalia's trilogy, in which Tristan Strong faces off with his archenemy King Cotton once and for all.

"Imagine if you combined Anansi the Spider, John Henry, and Marvel into, like, one book."--New York Times best-selling author and Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander

After reuniting with Ayanna, who is now in his world, Tristan travels up the Mississippi in pursuit of his archenemy, King Cotton. Along the way they encounter new haints who are dead set on preventing their progress north to Tristan's hometown of Chicago. It's going to take many Alkean friends, including the gods themselves, the black flames of the afokena gloves, and all of Tristan's inner strength to deliver justice once and for all.

Shocking twists, glorious triumphs, and a cast of unforgettable characters make this series conclusion as satisfying as it is entertaining.

Grab the first 2 books in the series now!

About Kwame:

Kwame Mbalia is the New York Times best-selling author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor award. The book was also named to best-of-the-year lists compiled by Publishers Weekly , the Chicago Public Library, and the New York Times . The second book in the trilogy is Tristan Strong Destroys the World , and Tristan Strong Keeps Punching is the third . Kwame lives with his wife and children in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he is currently working several projects, including a new middle grade series. Follow him on Twitter @KSekouM.

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of TRISTAN STRONG KEEPS PUNCHING, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/1/2021	Amani’s Honest Reviews	Excerpt
10/2/2021	BookHounds YA	Excerpt

Week Two:

10/3/2021	YA Books Central	Excerpt
10/4/2021	Rajiv's Reviews	Review
10/5/2021	Lexijava_Bookish	Review
10/6/2021	What A Nerd Girl Says	Excerpt
10/7/2021	GivernyReads	Review
10/8/2021	Kait Plus Books	Review
10/9/2021	The Bookwyrm's Den	Review

Week Three:

10/10/2021	Books and Ladders	Review
10/11/2021	More Books Please blog	Review
10/12/2021	@bookstagramofmine	Review
10/13/2021	Nerdophiles	Review
10/14/2021	Books a Plenty Book Reviews	Review
10/15/2021	Rockstar Book Tours	Excerpt
10/16/2021	The Momma Spot	Review

Week Four:

10/17/2021	Books Are Magic Too	Review
10/18/2021	onemused	IG Post
10/19/2021	Lifestyle of Me	Review
10/20/2021	Bri's Book Nook	Review
10/21/2021	coffeebooksandmascara	Review
10/22/2021	Locks, Hooks and Books	Review
10/23/2021	Feed Your Fiction Addiction	Review

Week Five:

10/24/2021	Lily Luchesi's Blog	Excerpt
10/25/2021	Little Red Reads	Review
10/26/2021	@drewsim12	Review
10/27/2021	@fictitious.fox	Review
10/28/2021	BookBriefs	Review
10/29/2021	Popthebutterfly Reads	Review
10/30/2021	two points of interest	Review

Week Six:

10/31/2021

Two Chicks on Books

Excerpt

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Book Spotlight - Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong Novel, A Book 1) by Kwame Mbalia + Giveaway

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About the Book

Title: TRISTAN STRONG PUNCHES A HOLE IN THE SKY

Author: Kwame Mbalia

Pub. Date: October 1, 2019

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook

Pages: 496

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD

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 journal. 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 gods 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?

About Kwame:

Kwame is a husband, father, writer, and pharmaceutical metrologist in that order. His debut middle-grade novel, TRISTAN STRONG PUNCHES A HOLE IN THE SKY (October 15, 2019) is published by Rick Riordan Presents/Disney-Hyperion. A Howard University graduate and a Midwesterner now in North Carolina, he enjoys impromptu dance sessions and Cheezits.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of TRISTAN STRONG PUNCHES A HOLE IN THE SKY, US Only.

Rafflecopter link:

http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/e2389ba2995/?

Tour Schedule:

Week One:

10/1/2019- BookHounds YA- Excerpt

10/2/2019- Little Red Reads- Excerpt

10/3/2019- Spoiled Girl- Review

10/4/2019- A Backwards Story- Review

Week Two: