Before he became a full-time writer, he worked in advertising and wrote TV commercials for big corporations. His first novel, Hoodoo, earned him the 2016 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award and the International Literacy Association Award for Intermediate Fiction. Smith is an award-winning writer of children's literature including the middle grade novels Black Panther: The Young Prince, The Mesmerist, The Owls Have Come To Take Us Away, and Gloom Town, a Junior Library Guild Selection.

Swept up in a fight against an unexpected and evil villain, T'Challa, Sheila, and Zeke must band together to save the people of Beaumont. T'Challa and his friends start to do their own sleuthing, and before long, the three teens find themselves caught in a plot involving a rare ancient book and a man who's not as he seems. When residents of the town begin flocking to Bob's strange message, and a prominent citizen disappears, the Young Prince has no choice but to intervene. He's thrilled to be on vacation away from his duties as the Prince of Wakanda for a few weeks, and he's taking full advantage of his access to the amazing food and the South's rich history.īut as T'Challa continues to explore the town, he finds that a man who goes by the ordinary name of Bob happens to be everywhere he is-and T'Challa begins to think it's no coincidence. Thirteen-year-old T'Challa can't wait to go back to America to visit his friends Sheila and Zeke, who are staying with Sheila's grandmother in Beaumont, a small Alabama town, over their summer break. If you register to attend, we will also email the direct links to you. > This event is free, but please REGISTER TO ATTEND REGISTER TO ATTEND

Smith releases in February, and we are so excited to welcome him to our online platforms to talk about it with author, super fan and podcast host Preeti Chhibber! (Note: this event moved to February from September 2021) BLACK PANTHER SPELLBOUND, the second book in the hit Young Prince series from Ronald L.

Gloom town by ronald l smith