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Okoye to the people

When her first mission brings her to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville, Okoye, discovering the truth about a manipulative real-estate mogul, is torn between fulfilling her duty to Wakanda or listening to her own heart and standing up for the people of Brownsville.

Main Author: Zoboi, Ibi Aanu (Author)
Other Authors: Denmon, Noa (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Los Angeles : Marvel, 2022.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Black Panther > (Fictitious character) > Young adult fiction.
Wakanda (Africa : Imaginary place) > Young adult fiction.
Africans > Young adult fiction.
African Americans > Young adult fiction.
Gentrification > Young adult fiction.
Drugs > Young adult fiction.
Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) > Young adult fiction.
Science fiction > Young adult.
Superhero fiction > Young adult.
Summary: When her first mission brings her to the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville, Okoye, discovering the truth about a manipulative real-estate mogul, is torn between fulfilling her duty to Wakanda or listening to her own heart and standing up for the people of Brownsville.
Item Description: "A Black Panther novel"--Jacket
Physical Description: 277 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781368046978
1368046975
Author Notes: Ibi Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her YA novel American Street was a National Book Award finalist, and her debut middle grade novel, My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich , was a New York Times best seller. She is the author of Pride , a contemporary YA remix of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , and editor of the anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America . Her most recent best seller, Punching the Air , is a YA novel-in-verse coauthored by prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five. Raised in New York City, Ibi now lives in New Jersey with her husband and their three children. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @ibizoboi or visit her website at www.ibizoboi.net.

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