Freedom Fire

Jax Freeman is an absolute banger of a book! Kwame does such an amazing job at making you feel like you are right in the books with his characters. Right from the start you are pulled into this story wondering what could have possibly happened to make his parents ship him off to a whole new city on......more

It took me a little while to get hooked by this, more so than with Tristan Strong, partly because I wasn’t at all familiar with the magic system or the mythology. I don’t know if this story’s magic is based at all on real mythology, but I found it interesting trying to figure it out. Jax is in 6th g......more

Jax’s mom has sent Jax to live with relatives in Chicago after he gets in some trouble at home, which Jax claims wasn’t his fault. But now fresh off the train in Union Station when things get weird right away. His luggage goes missing than the food vendor lady throws dust at him, but then they find......more

Star Rating: 4.5 stars Date: 11/2/24 – 11/8/24 Kwame Mbalia is my favorite author that I discovered from Rick Riordan Presents, the imprint that Rick Riordan has through Disney Hyperion, so when I learned by accident scrolling through Goodreads that he has a new series coming out, starting with Jax F......more

I love Mbalia's prose so I eagerly dove into his new middle grade series published under his own imprint with Disney. Jax is such a lovable, well-rounded character; it also does not hurt that Jax reminds me of one of my former students. Poor Jax gets propelled into a fantastical world of Summoners,......more