Shaka Rising

200 review copies (100 prepub, 100 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 nominate Shaka Rising for the American Bookseller's Debut Program. We will seek the creation of unit studies curriculum that includes Shaka Rising as part of it, and/or actively seek the inclusion of Shaka Rising 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 , email lists (in development) 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.

A charismatic young warrior prince emerges from exile to usurp the old order and forge a new, mighty Zulu kingdom. A 2019 Children’s Africana Book Awards Honor Book for Older Readers.A 2019 Children’s Africana Book Awards Honor Book for Older Readers Shortlisted for the Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction—Graphic NovelA time of bloody conflict and great turmoil. The slave trade expands from the east African coast. Europeans spread inland from the south. And one young boy is destined to change the future of southern Africa. This retelling of the Shaka legend explores the rise to power of a shrewd young prince who must consolidate a new kingdom through warfare, mediation, and political alliances to defend his people against the expanding slave trade. "A worthy introduction that offers a young Anglophone audience entry into a legend of Africa without the annoyance of overtranslation and with refreshingly three-dimensional characters." --Kirkus "Deftly written and superbly illustrated by Luke Molver, "Shaka Rising: A Legend of the Warrior Prince" is a truly extraordinary and entertaining graphic novel that will decidedly prove to be an enduringly popular addition to community library graphic novel collections for readers ages 16 to 86." Midwest Book Review Luke Molver is a graphic novelist whose world is fueled by the art of storytelling. He lives in Cape Town, where reality continues to interfere with his daily life.