Mbalia, Kwame,

Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky / At head of title: Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia. - First edition. - 482 pages : 22 cm

First title in the Tristan Strong series.

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. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it, and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to get it away from the creature, 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. 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. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?

ISBN: 9781368039932 9781338730302 1368039936 9781368042413

LCCN: 2018057192

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans
Best friends
Traffic accidents
Diaries
Grandparents
Animals, Mythical
Theft
Parallel worlds
Imaginary wars and battles
Self-confidence

LC Class. No.: PZ7.1.M395 / Tri 2020

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]