Rick Riordan Presents Tristan Strong Destroys the World (a Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2)
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Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in the New York Times best-selling and award-winning Tristan Strong trilogy by Kwame Mbalia. "Mbalia's universe continues to excite through sheer conceptual brilliance, nonstop action and adventure, and--let's be honest--the comical aggression of sidekick god Gum Baby."--Booklist
Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in 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 by a mysterious villain out for revenge. Tristan must return to Alke--and reunite with his loud-mouthed sidekick, Gum Baby--in order to rescue Nana and stop the culprit from creating further devastation. Anansi, now a "web developer" in Tristan's phone, is close at hand to offer advice, and several new folk heroes will aid Tristan in his quest, but he will only succeed if he can figure out a way to sew broken souls back together. *"Well-paced--just like the previous installment--this sequel focuses on themes such as the meaning of diaspora and the effects of trauma, making for a more nuanced and stronger story than the first. Packs a punch."--Kirkus (starred review) Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
Published: 10/06/2020
ISBN: 9781368042383
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.40d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2020
Booklist 09/01/2020 pg. 110
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2020 - Book Of Special Distinction
Publishers Weekly 11/02/2020
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2021 pg. 109
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 509504 / Tristan Strong Destroys the World
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 13
Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in 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 by a mysterious villain out for revenge. Tristan must return to Alke--and reunite with his loud-mouthed sidekick, Gum Baby--in order to rescue Nana and stop the culprit from creating further devastation. Anansi, now a "web developer" in Tristan's phone, is close at hand to offer advice, and several new folk heroes will aid Tristan in his quest, but he will only succeed if he can figure out a way to sew broken souls back together. *"Well-paced--just like the previous installment--this sequel focuses on themes such as the meaning of diaspora and the effects of trauma, making for a more nuanced and stronger story than the first. Packs a punch."--Kirkus (starred review) Endorsed by Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, soon to be a series on Disney+.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
Published: 10/06/2020
ISBN: 9781368042383
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.40d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2020
Booklist 09/01/2020 pg. 110
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2020 - Book Of Special Distinction
Publishers Weekly 11/02/2020
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2021 pg. 109
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 509504 / Tristan Strong Destroys the World
Reading Level: 5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 13