In Stone’s handling, Shuri takes center stage and exhibits her intelligence, wit, and unique strengths while showing that a princess is more than enough to save a nation. Shuri is a skilled martial artist, a genius, and a master of science and technology. Girl power reigns supreme in this novel companion to the Black Panther universe, and Stone ( Clean Getaway) engagingly portrays the mind of a genius, teenage princess (complete with mission log–esque journal entries). An original, upper-middle-grade series starring the break-out character from the Black Panther comics and films: TChallas younger sister, Shuri Crafted by New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone. Frustrated, she and K’Marah, a protector in training, set off on a secret mission to find what’s killing the plants and how to stop it before the last herb dies out forever. The nation of Wakanda faces new threat: a mysterious intruder who attempts and succeeds to break into the royal palace, disappearing just as quickly. When the heart-shaped herb that ignites the Black Panther’s powers begins rapidly dying, Shuri is appalled at her family’s surprising lack of urgency regarding the problem. Shuri: Symbiosis By Nic Stone, is a Young Adult superhero novel based on the Marvel comic’s Black Panther character Sheri, and is the third installment of the Shuri YA book trilogy.

Even with all of her achievements, though, her mother and T’Challa-her brother, king of Wakanda and the current Black Panther-still treat Shuri like a child who doesn’t truly understand the propriety required of her. At 13, Princess Shuri has already accomplished so much as a scientist that she’s on the path to becoming Wakanda’s minister of technology and advancement.

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