where it all begins
Aku: Journey
to Ibra
His grandfather vanished a year ago. The beeping helmet in the basement knows where he went.
- Book 1
- Instant New York Times bestseller
- Ages 8 to 12
- Arthur Keaton Underwood. A.K.U. for short. Lawrence, Indiana. Inventor. Daydreamer. Afraid of his own basement.
- A taped-up box, addressed in heavy letters: TO: AKU / OPEN IMMEDIATELY.
- “Hello, Arthur.” It knows his name. It scans his eyes. It asks if he accepts the mission.
- One minute on Earth. Thirty on another planet.
A forest that glows in the dark.
Ibra glows. The grass is blue, there are two moons overhead, and the trees are taller than buildings.
Lately, though, the Lunaberries have been disappearing, and the forest is starting to go dark.
The astronaut on Aku’s bedroom wall.
Nash Altair is a space hero, and he made Tribute Star, the video game Aku and his friends can’t seem to beat. Aku has his poster up. He wants to be him.
The creator is the proof.
Micah Johnson played in the Major Leagues, painted the cover of TIME, and builds 20-foot sculptures of a kid in a space helmet. Aku began when he overheard a young boy ask, “Can astronauts be Black?”
Meet Micah
Finished it?
There’s a reading game set on Ibra.
To: you
Open immediately
224 pages of bioluminescent trouble, for readers 8 to 12.