Where the Black Flowers Bloom

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.

About the author

Ronald L. Smith is the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award–winning author of several acclaimed novels for young readers, including Hoodoo, The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away, Gloom Town, Where the Black Flowers Bloom, and the Black Panther: The Young Prince series. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. To learn more, visit strangeblackflowers.com.

Summary

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. 

Product details

• Authors: Ronald L Smith, Ronald L. Smith
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2023
• EAN: 9781328841629
• ISBN: 978-1-328-84162-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 211 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, Africa, JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / General, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural, JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, JUVENILE FICTION: Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Siblings, JUVENILE FICTION: Performing Arts / Circus, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Alternative Family, JUVENILE FICTION: People & Places / Africa, JUVENILE FICTION: Paranormal, JUVENILE FICTION: Diversity & Multicultural, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / General