309--Bookin’ w/ Kwame Mbalia

This week, host Jason Jefferies is joined by New York Times bestselling author Kwame Mbalia, who discusses his new book Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek, a Freedom Fire title.  Topics of discussion include Freedom Fire, young adult literature vs. middle grade literature, Freeman as a name, North Carolina in literature, the significance of Chicago, trains, Moses, the Chicago Bulls vs. the Milwaukee Bucks, and much more.  Signed copies of Jax Freeman and the Phantom Shriek can be purchased here from Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, NC.