The best-selling and awarding-winning novel about a Black boy who
helps folk heroes and gods through storytelling is now a dynamic graphic
novel!
"This graphic adaptation of the children's novel that began the
'Tristan Strong' trilogy will have plenty of appeal for readers who are
interested in African and African American characters and folklore. The
illustrations pop with energy and color."--School Library Journal
The talented team of Robert Venditti and Olivia Stephens brings to
glorious full color the novel that best-selling author Jason Reynolds
called "A brilliant action adventure rooted in African American lore."
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? Find out by diving into this stunning graphic novel adaptation of
the original book.
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Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians,
soon to be a series on Disney+.
Complete your graphic novel collection with these fan favorites:
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick
Riordan, adapted by Robert Venditti
- The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan, adapted by
Orpheus Collar
- The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, adapted by
Robert Venditti
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, adapted by Michael Moreci, illustrated
by Stephen Gilpin
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi, adapted by Joe
Caramagna, illustrated by Anu Chouhan
