{"id":2913,"date":"2023-08-15T20:33:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/?page_id=2913"},"modified":"2025-03-10T19:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T19:49:05","slug":"tracey-baptiste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galltzacker.com\/rights\/tracey-baptiste\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracey Baptiste"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KID X<\/h3>\n

\n February 2026,\n Little Brown\/Hachette,\n 272 pp <\/p>\n\n

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The thrilling sequel to\u00a0<\/b>Boy 2.0<\/b><\/i>, from\u00a0<\/b>New York Times\u00a0<\/b><\/i>bestselling author Tracey Baptiste,\u00a0perfect for fans of\u00a0Amari and the Night Brothers<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Into the Spiderverse.\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\r\n

Win \u201cCoal\u201d Keegan is starting to get the hang of his new life. He\u2019s come to love his foster family, the McKays, and is getting more confident with his invisibility powers. Almost\u00a0too\u00a0<\/i>confident. At first, he uses his abilities for small favors. But soon, the favors snowball into bigger asks and messier pranks. And when rumors surface about a \u201cghost\u201d in the neighborhood, Coal realizes it might be best to keep his talents under wraps.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

But that gets harder when Coal starts to suspect that someone\u2014or something<\/i>\u2014might be tracking him. And as the evidence stacks up, Coal realizes he\u2019s not the only one with powers. Is his pursuer friend or foe? What would it be like to meet someone just like him?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

As the stakes rise and Coal finds allies and enemies in unexpected places, he\u2019ll have to channel a new level of bravery to protect himself, his family, and his world.\u00a0Packed with themes of technology, race, and justice, this exhilarating follow-up to\u00a0Boy 2.0\u00a0<\/i>returns readers to the world of their new favorite superhero.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n

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BOY 2.0<\/h3>\n

\n October 2024,\n Little Brown\/Hachette,\n 304 pp <\/p>\n\n

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Win \u201cCoal\u201d Keegan has just landed in his latest foster home, with a big, noisy, slightly nosy family named the McKays. They seem eager to welcome Coal, but he\u2019s wary of trusting them. So, he doesn\u2019t tell them that he went for a walk with chalk in his pocket to cover a nearby street with his art. He doesn\u2019t tell them that a neighbor found Coal drawing, pulled a gun on him, and fired it. He doesn\u2019t tell them the police chased him. And he definitely doesn\u2019t tell them that when everything went down, Coal somehow turned invisible.<\/p>\r\n

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Now he has to figure out how. Is he a superhero? Some kind of mutant? A science experiment? Is that why he has no family of his own? As Coal searches for answers and slowly learns to control his invisibility, he turns to the McKay kids and friends both new and old for help. But they soon discover they\u2019re not the only ones looking for a Black boy with superpowers, and the situation is far stranger\u2014and more dangerous\u2014than they ever could have expected.<\/p><\/div>\n\n \n\n

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SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL <\/strong>– “This is sure to be a hit with fans of the X-Men franchise, but \u00adBaptiste\u2019s inclusion of real-world topics is the story\u2019s true superpower.”<\/p>\n

THE HORN BOOK<\/strong> – “analytical to heartwarming, with well-rounded characters and witty dialogue”<\/p>\n\n \n \n \n \n

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MOKO MAGIC 02: MUSEUM MAYHEM<\/h3>\n

\n September 2025,\n Disney-Hyperion\/Freedom Fire,\n 384 pp <\/p>\n\n

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From the best-selling author of the Jumbies series comes another Afro-Caribbean\u2013inspired story, about three cousins who are called on to use their moko (protector) magic when stolen art goes on the rampage.<\/strong>
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