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SUMMARY:Kwame Mbalia on "Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek"
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DESCRIPTION:Join MahoganyBooks for an adventurous afternoon with national 
 bestselling author Kwame Mbalia as we celebrate his new middle-grade train
  adventure story\, "Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek." This is a perfect
  afternoon event for any kiddos and adventure seekers in your life!.\nhttp
 s://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/11878755
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>About the book:</strong>&nbsp\;"Ja
 x Freeman and the Phantom Shriek"</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.
 info/frontend-images/editor/pgcmls/Kwame_Mbalia_x_MahoganyBooks_October_20
 24.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="" /></p>\n<p>The award-winning autho
 r of the best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy has created a secret world wh
 ere kids can wield magic by summoning the power of their ancestors.</p>\n<
 p>What do you get when you combine Kwame Mbalia's incredible imagination a
 nd world-building talent with trains\, history\, and ghosts? Nothing less 
 than middle-grade magic.</p>\n<p>On his twelfth birthday\, Jackson "Jax" F
 reeman arrives at Chicago's Union Station alone\, carrying nothing but the
  baggage of a scandal back in Raleigh. He's been sent away from home to li
 ve with relatives he barely knows. But even worse are the strangers who ac
 cost him at the train station\, including a food vendor who throws dust in
  his face and a conductor who tries to steal his skin.</p>\n<p>At his new 
 school\, Jax is assigned to a special class for "summoners\," even though 
 he has no idea what those are . . . until he accidentally unleashes an ang
 ry spirit on school grounds. Soon\, Jax is embroiled in all kinds of troub
 le\, from the disappearance of a new friend to a full-out war between summ
 oning families.</p>\n<p>A unique magic-school fantasy from the best-sellin
 g and award-winning author of the Tristan Strong trilogy has just pulled i
 nto the station.</p>\n<p><strong>About the author:</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\
 ;Kwame Mbalia&nbsp\;is a #1&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;best-selling author
  and the publisher of Freedom Fire\, an imprint of Disney Hyperion devoted
  to stories about the Black diaspora by Black creators. His debut middle-g
 rade novel\,&nbsp\;Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky\, was awarded 
 a Coretta Scott King Author Honor\, and it was followed by&nbsp\;Tristan S
 trong Destroys the World&nbsp\;and Tristan Strong Keeps Punching. Kwame li
 ves with his wife and children outside Raleigh\, North Carolina\, where he
  is currently working on the next Jax Freeman adventure. For more informat
 ion\, go to www.KwameMbalia.com.</p>\n<p>Event guidelines are subject to c
 hange.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>12:30 PM - Doors Open | 1 PM Conversation Begins | 2
 : 30 PM End</li>\n<li>Non-refundable tickets\, however transfers made be m
 ade.</li>\n<li>Face masks optional throughout event.</li>\n<li>Please emai
 l us at at least 14 days in advance at events@mahoganybooks.com should you
  need any accommodations to attend this event.</li>\n<li>Please note\, boo
 ks not picked up at the event can be retrieved at our National Harbor loca
 tion for two weeks after event day. Afterwhich\, they will be donated to a
  local organization.</li>\n<li>Photographs may be taken during the event W
 ITHOUT FLASH.</li>\n<li>Note: By entering the event premises\, you waive a
 ll rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connectio
 n with any photographs or videos taken.</li>\n<li>Please tag us and use #m
 ahoganybooks\, #blackbooksmatter #pgcmls &amp\; #JaxFreeman on social medi
 a.</li>\n</ul>\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/11878755
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