

Tristan chases after it–is that a doll?–and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree.

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.īut on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie’s notebook. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. 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. I was thrilled that she loved it so much, and also incredibly impressed at the depth of this middle grade book.īest-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia’s epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods. My 9 year old daughter Lola and I both read Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky earlier this year, and it immediately became Lola’s favorite book. I pre-ordered it, and while we patiently wait for our copy to arrive, I thought I would pay tribute to the first book- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in The Sky. Today is the book birthday for Tristan Strong Destroys the World, by Kwame Mbalia!
