Kwame crashes the underworld / Craig Kofi Farmer.

Kwame crashes the underworld / Craig Kofi Farmer.

First edition.

9781250900265 hardcover
1250900263 hardcover
9781250900258 electronic book
9781250399830 electronic book
1250399831 electronic book

New York, NY : Roaring Brook Press, 2024.

©2024

English

340 pages : illustration ; 22 cm

YA PZ7.1.F367524 Kw 2024

[Fic]

Twelve-year-old Kwame Powell refuses to acknowledge any feelings about his grandmother's passing. And he certainly doesn't want to accompany his parents to her celebration of life ceremony in Ghana, where he knows he'll have to face his feelings about her death head-on. But when an aboatia -- a mischievous monkey from Akan mythology -- steals Kwame's grandmother's dashiki, his last physical reminder of her, Kwame decides to take matters into his own hands. He chases the little thief across town, to the edge of the pier, and... into a magical whirlpool that leads straight to Asamando, the Ghanaian underworld. With his best friend Autumn, and the crafty aboatia he names Woo, Kwame finds himself embroiled with angry nature gods intent on destroying humanity. And, matters only get more complicated when he runs into none other than his grandmother herself... except in the underworld, she's still a kid. And very much alive.

Ages 8-12. Roaring Brook Press.
Grades 7-9. Roaring Brook Press.

Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Author Award, 2025

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