03109cam a2200493 i 4500 2534391916 TxAuBib 20190828120000.0 r 250812s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781368054416 electronic bk. 1368054412 electronic bk. MWT12572336 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Mbalia, Kwame, author. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky [Hoopla] / Kwame Mbalia. [United States : Rick Riordan Presents Digital, 2019. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (496 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Tristan Strong ; ; 1 Instant title available through hoopla. Best-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. 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. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. 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. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it--is that a doll?--and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to wrestle the journal out of the creature's hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding and seal the hole in the sky. But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves? Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Adventure stories Fiction. African Americans Fiction. Characters in literature Fiction. Self-confidence Fiction. Supernatural Fiction. Mythology, African Fiction. Electronic books Fiction. Electronic books. Fiction. lcgft Fables Fiction. Legends Fiction. hoopla digital. Tristan Strong ; ; 1. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12572336?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hhh711 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/dis_9781368054416_180.jpeg Cover image RV8