Overview
Twelve-year-old Shuri is a lot of things. Scientist. Princess. All round cooler person than her pain-in-the-butt big brother, T’Challa. Shuri knows she could do so much more to help Wakanda, but everyone is obsessed with the prince because he’s the next Black Panther. That is, until Soul Washing Day, one of the most important rituals of Wakandan society.
Full Product Details
Author: Roseanne A. Brown ,
Dika Araújo ,
Natacha Bustos
Publisher: Scholastic US
Imprint: Scholastic US
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 0.90cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.240kg
ISBN: 9781338648058
ISBN 10: 1338648055
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 02 June 2022
Recommended Age: From 08 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Praise for Black Panther: Into the Heartlands A 2022 ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List Selection One of the Washington Post's Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2022 ""While fans of classic superhero stories, especially those involving Black Panther, will appreciate the high-stakes action, inventive sci-fi technology, and cinematic artwork in a lush, full-color palette, this will also appeal to a broad range of middle grade readers who appreciate character-driven stories, world building centered on secrets, and the importance of honesty, communication, and understanding. Compelling as a stand-alone, but also a fantastic entry point for kids and tweens curious about the Black Panther universe."" -- Booklist, starred review
Praise for Black Panther: Into the Heartlands While fans of classic superhero stories, especially those involving Black Panther, will appreciate the high-stakes action, inventive sci-fi technology, and cinematic artwork in a lush, full-color palette, this will also appeal to a broad range of middle grade readers who appreciate character-driven stories, world building centered on secrets, and the importance of honesty, communication, and understanding. Compelling as a stand-alone, but also a fantastic entry point for kids and tweens curious about the Black Panther universe. -- Booklist, starred review
Praise for Black Panther: Into the Heartlands A 2022 ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List Selection One of the Washington Post's Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2022 While fans of classic superhero stories, especially those involving Black Panther, will appreciate the high-stakes action, inventive sci-fi technology, and cinematic artwork in a lush, full-color palette, this will also appeal to a broad range of middle grade readers who appreciate character-driven stories, world building centered on secrets, and the importance of honesty, communication, and understanding. Compelling as a stand-alone, but also a fantastic entry point for kids and tweens curious about the Black Panther universe. -- Booklist, starred review
Author Information
Roseanne A. Brown was born in Kumasi, Ghana and immigrated to the wild jungles of central Maryland as a child. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor's in Journalism and was also a teaching assistant for the school's Jiménez-Porter Writers' House program. Her journalistic work has been featured by Voice of America among other outlets. Rosie currently lives outside Washington DC, where in her free time she can usually be found wandering the woods, making memes, or thinking about Star Wars. Her debut novel, A Song of Wraith and Ruin, was a New York Times bestseller. DIKA ARAÚJO is a Brazilian animator, comic artist and illustrator based in Sâo Paulo. Her previous work includes several independent Brazilian anthologies, including Amor em Quadrinhos, which was nominated for the Angouleme International Comics Award in 2018. Natacha Bustos is a Spanish comic book artist who drew the story Going Nowhere, written by Brandan Montclare, for DC/Vertigo's Strange Sports Stories. Bustos then made her Marvel Comics debut on Spider Woman before re-teaming with Montclare and co-writer Amy Reeder on the inaugural run of Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, winner of Glyph Award for Best Female Character in 2016. In 2020, she drew the Buffy the Vampire: Willow miniseries (BOOM Studios!) and became part of Marvel's Stormbreakers Artist program, dedicated to spotlighting the next generation of elite artists. Claudia Aguirre is a GLAAD and Eisner Award nominated artist and writer. She is co-founder of Boudika Comics. Her works include Hotel Dare (Boom! Studios), Morning in America (Oni Press) and Lost on Planet Earth (Comixology Originals).
