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Nubia The Awakening

Omar Epps

From beloved actor and producer Omar Epps and writer Clarence A. Haynes comes the biggest epic fantasy of the year. A powerful saga of three teens, the children of refugees from a fallen African utopia, who must navigate their newfound powers in a climate-ravaged New York City. Perfect for fans of...

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

It is a coming-of-age story about three teenagers set in 2098, exploring themes of classism, sexism, and racism, while also offering escapism for young readers. The author was inspired by his upbringing in New York and his work with children.

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It's a coming of age book about these three teens. It takes place in 2098 and I just was imagining what's the world going to look like?

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It is a coming-of-age story about three teenagers set in 2098, exploring themes of classism, sexism, and racism, while also offering escapism for young readers. The author was inspired by his upbringing in New York and his work with children.

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It's a coming of age book about these three teens. It takes place in 2098 and I just was imagining what's the world going to look like?

what's society going to look like? And more importantly, like for me, cause we're born and raised in New York, what's New York going to look like, you know, to those kids.

And I just started dissecting, dissecting and breaking it down and really, um, trying to look through the eyes of a budding mind

climate change has happened. It's about classism. It's about sexism. It's obviously it's about, you know, racism is still in there, all the isms.

it's really about these kids who are like trying to figure themselves out. Cause you know that, that 14, 15 year old stage is an awkward part of life, like just, just for anyone.

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