King Shaka

300 review copies (150 prepub, 150 postpub) sent to reviewers, booksellers, librarians, bloggers, others. We will seek early blurbs from graphic novelists. Available as an e-ARC on Edelweiss. Leveled and aligned with Common Core. Teaching guide on website, but the book is divided with 64 pages for the graphic novel and an additional 26-28 pages of additional information for teachers and interested parties. We will seek the creation of unit studies curriculum that includes Shaka Rising and King Shaka as part of it, and/or actively seek the inclusion of both books in unit studies curriculum. Marketing to library market begins with galleys in the Baker and Taylor ARC program. Promoted at ALA annual, mid-winter ALA, NCTE, NCSS, and African Studies Association annual conferences. Blog tour with book giveaways. Goodreads giveaway. We will send review copies to relevant organizations such as Teaching History, Teaching Ourselves and TeachingBooks.net and seek features in magazines like Teaching Tolerance. We will seek out book clubs who are interested in the book and offer the chance to win a SKYPE visit with the authors. We will submit the book for all relevant awards. Promotion online via Catalyst's website as well as the imprint Story Press Africa's own website , newsletter, and social media (blog, twitter, facebook, instagram, and youtube) with author and publisher interviews, chats, and guest posts. Submission to the Junior Library Guild Simultaneous e-book, trade paper, and hardback print release We will promote and seek ways to promote within the secular, progressive homeschooling community for this and other titles in the series. Teaching guide in back of book, including in the page count.

Shaka struggles to retain power as challenges at home and from across an ocean threaten his new rule.Shaka has fought his brother to the death for rulership of the Zulu. Now king of the southern chiefdoms, Shaka seeks to uplift his people, consolidate alliances, and expand the reach of his power. But challenges both external and internal threaten his rule. A rogue military unit exacts revenge on its enemies. Land-hungry Europeans arrive and ingratiate themselves with Shaka, even while plotting their own path to power. And closer to home, Shaka’s own brothers conspire in secret.