Where the Black Flowers Bloom
Where the Black Flowers Bloom
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Where the Black Flowers Bloom

Written by Ronald L. Smith
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8 - 12
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240
Page count
~731L
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Jan 31, 2023
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A gripping, richly imagined fantasy set in an alternate ancient African world in which a Black girl finds her power and saves her people from evil, by the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning author of Black Panther: The Young Prince. In the land of Alkebulan, twelve-year-old Asha is an orphan, raised by Madame S, the proprietor of a traveling carnival. When Madame S is attacked by ghoulish creatures, she manages to tell Asha before she dies, “Seek the Underground Kingdom, where the black flowers bloom.”Asha doesn’t understand the mysterious words, but they launch her onto a page-turning quest to protect her people and stop an ancient evil. Along the way, she uncovers shocking secrets about the family she never knew and begins to find her place in the world as she discovers her own untapped powers.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781328841629
    Publication Date
    January 31, 2023
    Publisher
    Clarion Books
    Page Count
    240
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2022020970
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~731L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Q
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.7
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    6
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    518226
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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