his week, B.B. Alston is Knowledge Bookstore’s Author of the Week!
New York Times bestselling children’s author B.B Alston is most known as the author of the Supernatural Investigations (Amari) series.
Earlier this year, Alston released the fourth book in the Supernatural Investigations series titled, Amari and the Metalwork Menace.
After stepping back from being a Junior Agent to finish her last year of middle school, Amari is faced with an impossible decision: Return to the Bureau and join the elite new Junior Special Agent program, or retire for good.
As a deadly new curse looms around the corner, Amari will find that she may not have a choice.
In a 2024 interview with School Library Journal, here’s what Alston had to say about developing the Supernatural Investigations series:
“Amari has certainly grown a great deal over the course of the series. While Amari and the Night Brothers is a story about myths and magic, it’s also about a young Black girl learning to believe in herself and accept the things that make her unique. She gains in confidence only to have it tested when things don’t quite go as planned in the second book.
Now, in book three, she’ll have to dig deep to recover that same drive and self-belief to ultimately win the day against overwhelming odds. In many ways, my writing journey mirrors Amari’s story a great deal. I’ve had to build my confidence as a writer as well, overcoming self-doubt while trying to live up to the expectations of the first book.”
Written by Lea Lagredelle
You can find the Supernatural Investigations series at Knowledge Bookstore.