More New Children's Books!

Beth writes with the second part of her new children’s book update…

I’m back with Part II of BookExpo’s Children’s Book and Author Virtual Dinner that I attended!  About a week ago I shared three upcoming titles for younger booklovers:  1) Natalie Portman’s Fables by Natalie Portman, 2) Bunheads by Misty Copeland, and 3)  No Reading Allowed: the Worst Read-Aloud Book Ever.

This week I’m introducing a couple of upcoming fantasy titles for older readers.

In the webinar Marie Lu discussed how the 2016 presidential election prompted her to write Skyhunter, which will be released on September 29 for $19.99.  Her latest created world highlights hopeful young warriors in a broken society.  Typical of Marie Lu, who once designed as an artist in the video game industry, this book contains lots of action, and it is geared toward readers aged 12-17.  

The other featured author in the webinar was Kwame Mbalia, whose second book in the Tristan Strong trilogy--Tristan Strong Destroys the World--is being released on October 6 for $17.99.  In this title seventh-grader Tristan must return to Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods, in order to rescue his grandmother from a baffling villain.  First fun fact:  Kwame Mbalia was participating in the webinar from his wife’s maternity room bathroom after she had just given birth to the couple’s fourth child.  Second fun fact:  Kwame assumed very amusing character voices while he was reading an excerpt.  This title is aimed at readers aged 9-12.

I’m really excited for readers to enjoy these upcoming titles from outstanding authors for young people.  Give us a call at the shop if you’d like for either of them to be ready for you to pick up on their release dates.