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Kwame Mbalia

Kwame Mbalia is a husband, father, and New York Times bestselling author of the Tristan Strong series, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor award for Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky. Kwame also cowrote Last Gate of the Emperor with Prince Joel Makonnen and edited the instant New York Times best seller Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood. Kwame lives with his wife and children near Raleigh, North Carolina, where he is currently working on several projects—including a new middle-grade series—and cultivating cutting edge dad jokes.
Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
Jax Freeman and the Tournament of Spirits
Jax Freeman and the Graveyard Forest
Star Wars: The Last Order
Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2)
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky

Books

Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek
Jax Freeman and the Tournament of Spirits
Jax Freeman and the Graveyard Forest
Star Wars: The Last Order
Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You
Tristan Strong Destroys the World (A Tristan Strong Novel, Book 2)
Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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