

But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie’s journal. Tristan is dreading the month he’s going to spend on his grandparents’ farm in Alabama, where he’s being sent to heal from the tragedy. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. He must race to find Anansi, the Weaver, and repair the rip before the iron monsters wreaking havoc in the Midpass consume their world and ours.

Pitched as an MG American Gods, the book stars a seventh-grade boy who accidentally creates a hole into the Midpass, a world where ancient African gods clash with gods of African-American legend.

