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136 pp.
| Scholastic
| September, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-0-545-13210-7$16.99
(4)
4-6
Illustrated by
Jerry Craft.
When Bakari is nominated for hall monitor, he provokes hostility from his classmates Keisha and Tariq. To make matters worse, Zenon--the king of an icy zombie dimension--kidnaps Bakari and threatens to destroy humanity if a missing magical ring is not returned. Both classroom and interdimensional conflicts are quashed in this fresh (if underdeveloped) urban fantasy. The slick black-and-white illustrations are unfortunate.