Read the following two chapters from this coming-of-age novel now! In order to protect his friends and stop an ancient evil, T’Challa must take on the mantle of a hero, setting him on the path to becoming the Black Panther. But what he discovers in the process is far more sinister than he could ever imagined. When strange things begin happening around school, T’Challa sets out to uncover the source. Especially when it comes to navigating new friendships while hiding his true identity as the prince of a powerful nation, and avoiding Gemini Jones, a menacing classmate who is rumored to be involved in dark magic. Despite being given a high-tech suit and a Vibranium ring to use only in case of an emergency, T’Challa realizes he might not be as equipped to handle life in America as he thought.

This is no prestigious private academy-they’ve been enrolled at South Side Middle School in the heart of Chicago. But as conflict brews near Wakanda, T’Challa’s father makes a startling announcement-he’s sending T’Challa and M’Baku to school in America. When T’Challa’s not learning how to rule a kingdom from his father, the reigning Black Panther, or testing out the latest tech, he’s off breaking rules with his best friend, M’Baku. “Black Panther: The Young Prince” is available now wherever books are sold. Smith explores life at 12 years old for T’Challa in his home of Wakanda, an isolated, technologically advanced African nation. This is his destiny.īut right now, he’s simply T’Challa, the young prince in “Black Panther: The Young Prince” from Coretta Scott King award-winning author Ronald L.

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