Tristan Strong Destroys the World,” by Kwame Mbalia.
Bestselling author Rick Riordan publishes this New York Times best-selling and award-winning series from Mbalia. They’re fantastic. According to the synopsis:
Strong, just back from Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, is suffering from PTSD. But there s no rest for the weary when his grandmother is abducted. Tristan must return to Alke to rescue Nana and stop the culprit from creating further devastation…
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I love everything about this book.
A beautiful New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book about a young girl, Jude, who has to leave her dad and brother in Syria, and a travel to Cincinnati with her mother to stay with relatives. Here Jude is called Middle Eastern, an identity she s never known before.