* AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS spent 20 weeks on the NYT bestseller and won the inaugural Overall Barnes & Noble Children's & YA Book Award * Commercial, fresh and funny voice that perfectly combines fantasy adventure, magic, monsters and relationships full of heart. * Soon to be a major motion picture with Universal Pictures, with Black-ish's Marsai Martin producing and starring as Amari, and Don Cheadle also producing. * BB Alston connected with his agent via DVPit and is a hugely exciting young talent on the middle grade scene that readers will really identify with. * B.B. was inspired to write AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS because he couldn't find any fantasy stories featuring Black kids when he was growing up. He hopes to show kids that though you might look different, or feel different, whatever the reason, your uniqueness needn't only be a source of fear and insecurity. There is great strength and joy to be found in simply accepting yourself for who you are.

Because once you do so, you'll be unstoppable. * Cover illustrations from rising star artist Brittany Jackson. * Stellar and highly creative marketing campaign, guaranteed to make B.B. Alston a house-hold name for middle grade readers. Competition: Percy Jackson;Nevermoor;Hollowpox;Wizards of Once;Pages and co;Frostheart;Land of Roar;Artemis Fowl;Future Friend;How to Train Your Dragon;School for Good and Evil. Cressida Cowell;Tom Fletcher;Rick Riordan;Jessica Townsend;Anna James;Jamie Littler;Jenny McLachlan;Eoin Colfer;David Baddiel.