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	Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 10,860 ratings — published 2019 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Tristan Strong Keeps Punching (Tristan Strong, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 1,624 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame Mbalia (Goodreads Author), Prince Joel Makonnen 3.86 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky: The Graphic Novel 3.92 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Order 3.37 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Royal Trials (Last Gate of the Emperor, #2) by Kwame Mbalia (Goodreads Author), Joel Makonnen (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 69 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain America: Brave New World: A Hero Looks Like You by Kwame Mbalia (Goodreads Author), Nikkolas Smith (illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Can’t live your life with grief whispering in your ear, pulling you this way and that. But you can’t shove it in a drawer deep inside yourself, neither. Naw, you got to sit grief down and talk to it. Listen to it. Come to terms with it. Pain is the body’s way of saying it’s healing, so you gotta let it heal.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

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“Everybody has a story, Nana used to say when I was younger. Listen to it, and they’ll be friendly. Engage with it, and they’ll be your friend.”
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“Don't belittle your accomplishments, tiny one - the world will try to do that for you every chance it gets. Stand up strong and do what you know is best, even if no one else is standing beside you.”
― Kwame Mbalia, The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories about Mythic Heroes

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