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  • Curse of the Akoma Stone (Kwame's Magic Quest #4)

Curse of the Akoma Stone
(Kwame's Magic Quest #4)

Illustrator
Natasha Nayo
Publication Date
July 15, 2025
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Chapter Book
Curse of the Akoma Stone (Kwame's Magic Quest #4)

Description

Kwame travels to the Cursed Realm, in the fourth installment of this action-packed early chapter book series perfect for fans of Dragon Masters!

Pick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

Kwame and his friends are excited to participate in the Nkonyaa Games - a series of magic competitions! As the games begin, a mysterious new teacher named Elder Z arrives. Soon after, a spell is cast on two students, trapping them in stone. And no one knows how to break it! The evil Boni calabash tells Kwame he must enter the Cursed Realm to save his classmates. But can Kwame trust the green calabash? And who cast the forbidden spell? Could it have been Elder Z?

With engaging black-and-white artwork on every page, kids won't be able to put down this fully illustrated, magical, action-packed adventure!

Publication date
July 15, 2025
Genre
Fiction
Page Count
96
ISBN-13
9781338843378
Lexile Measure
600
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Series
Kwame's Magic Quest
BISAC categories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
JUV030010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa
Library of Congress categories
Magic
Schools
Blessing and cursing
Good and evil
Action and adventure fiction
Ghana
Bernard Mensah
Bernard Mensah grew up in Ghana, climbing trees, playing soccer, and dreaming up stories at the library. Bernard now lives in the United Kingdom with his two rambunctious boys, where he works in software and writes stories. He is passionate about Black and African representation in publishing and founded HabermanNerds to nurture and promote African storytelling. Esi the Brave (Who Was Not Afraid of Anything) is his debut and the first of several children's books.

Raissa Figueroa is the illustrator of several picture books, including Coretta Scott King Honor Award recipient We Wait for the Sun by Katie McCabe & Dovey Roundtree, and the Oona picture book series by Kelly DiPucchio. She lives outside of San Diego.
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