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A blackout leads two teens to discover the intimacy and vulnerability that can only be shared in darkness in Our Beautiful Darkness, a fully illustrated YA novella from celebrated Angolan author Ondjaki and illustrator António Jorge Gonçalves. Translated from Portuguese by Lyn Miller-Lachmann A Kirkus Best YA Book of 2024 Selected for the USBBY Outstanding…
A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Book of 2022 A USBBY 2023 Outstanding International Book A 2022 Foreword INDIES Bronze Winner (Graphic Novels & Comics Category) Honorable mention, 2023 Children’s Africana Book Awards 2022 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Overfloweth honoree Nominated for the TLA Maverick List All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa revives…
The unforgettable story of a child soldier. When fourteen-year-old Jacob is brutally abducted and forced to become a child soldier, he struggles to hold on to his sanity and the will to escape. Daniel Lafrance’s striking artwork and the poignant, powerful text capture the very essence of life as a child soldier. Readers will never…
In 1996, an amazing discovery stunned the world. It was a vast network of tombs filled with gold-covered mummies! This graphic nonfiction book details the discovery and explores the origins of the tombs. Engaging captions and dialogue combine with detailed illustrations to share the story. A fact page provides additional details, including a map of…
In the shadow of the Great Pyramid, an amazing discovery is unearthed. A newly opened pit contains a wooden boat that dates back over 4,000 years! In this graphic nonfiction title, readers explore the boat’s origin, discovery, and reassembly through detailed illustrations and engaging dialogue. A map, a timeline, and additional facts add historical context…
The Great Pyramid is one of the wonders of the world, inspiring awe for thousands of years as the final resting place for the pharaoh Khufu. But how was it built, and why has the pharaoh never been found? This graphic nonfiction title explores these questions through colorful, detailed illustrations and engaging dialogue full of…
In this thrilling graphic novel, from the journalist that Nelson Mandela called, “very courageous,” readers will not only learn about Nelson Mandela’s fight for South Africa’s democracy, but the enemy that threatened it. “Carlin ‘gets’ Mandela. […] Masterful storytelling!”– Morgan Freeman “Intense.” — Booklist “Fascinating.” — Library Journal, starred review Nelson Mandela’s fight against racism…
Around 1500 BCE, the tomb of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Sobekemsaf II was robbed. The details of this ancient crime remain a mystery more than 3,000 years later. In this graphic nonfiction title, detailed illustrations and engaging dialogue and captions help readers discover the who, what, where, and why of the robbery. A fact page…
Joseph Kony is the most dangerous guerilla leader in modern African history. It started with a visit from spirits. In 1991, Kony claimed that spiritual beings had come to him with instructions: he was to lead his group of rebels, the Lord’s Resistance Army, in a series of brutal raids against ordinary Ugandan civilians. Decades…
Afiong the Proud Princess is based on an African folktale about a beautiful princess who believes no one around her is good enough. She dreams of a perfect prince from far away and turns away every kind suitor from her village. One day, she meets a mysterious stranger in the market and chooses him instead,…
Kato Kintu challenges the evil King Bemba to a duel. But Kintu loses terribly and flees into exile on an island. There, he gains wisdom and experience. Will it be enough for Kintu to return, unite his people, and free them from the strongest warrior in the world? Based upon the true story of the…
Michel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his school-yard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the odds, Michel managed to escape and find his way back to his family, but he was never the same again. After…
“utterly unputdownable”–The New York Times A Kirkus Best Book of 2018, Akissi: Tales of Mischief brings together the first volume of the hilarious and heartfelt Akissi comics by Marguerite Abouet, the award winning author of Aya of Yop City. Poor Akissi! The neighborhood cats are trying to steal her fish, her little monkey Boubou almost…
The McKenzian Blueprint. Some lines are short; some lines are long. All lines are variable. Some appear parallel but connect in latency. Some appear linear. When held against the light they reveal dependence or independence; Freedom or constraints; Empowerment or strife; Subjugation or Justice. The Trouble with Kenya is a microcosm of any given country’s…
A graphic novel depicting the Zulu War of 1879 that led to a catastrophic defeat for the British followed by an incredible and heroic stand of epic proportions is told in gripping narrative fashion in this illustrated novel. As the mighty British empire forced the region of South Africa into war, the famed Zulu nation,…
“What is respect?” the boy asked his father. One day, new people came. They did not talk Khossa like the boy. They did not click their tongues like the boy. They talked Bantu. Based on the true story of the Bantu migration with a fun dino-fantasy element thrown in, Nkhosana and The Dinosaurs introduces kids…
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