Jelani's Key

<p><strong>Dramatic daring and authentic <em>Jelani's Key</em> is a page-turning epic chock full of culture history and all the things that will enlighten and inspire young readers.</strong></p><p>-<strong>Kwame Alexander #1 <em>New York Times</em> Bestselling Author of <em>The Door of No Return Trilogy</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Ta-Ta was now among the ancestors. But he left his grandson Jelani a golden key and a note bearing a cryptic riddle-find Karakhamun. Mourning his late grandfather and with little else to go on now 11-year-old Jelani must set off on his own to fulfill Ta-Ta's mysterious wishes.</p><p>His quest will put him on a collision course with a legendary neighborhood bully and immerse him in a mind-bending overnight challenge that if navigated successfully will unveil his grandfather's true legacy and change Jelani's life forever.</p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>In honor of the planned 2025 opening of Karakhamun's burial site in Egypt 25% of the proceeds of <em>Jelani's Key</em> will go to the ASA Restoration Project a non-profit tax-exempt organization. For more information visit the </strong><strong>IKG Cultural Resource Center</strong><span style=color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><h3>Praise for Jelani's Key:</h3><p><em>Jelani's Key</em> is a coming-of-age story about loving relationships between a boy and his father and grandfather his newfound friend and their Jegna who takes them on a journey of cultural discovery. It is also a profoundly important story about the intergenerational transference of knowledge and the restoration and preservation of ancestral and cultural history.</p><p><br></p><p>D. Amari Jackson has a knack for writing novels with positive male role models of African descent which also includes lessons in math science mysteries and history skillfully interwoven into the narrative. I trust that as young Black boys read <em>Jelani's Key</em> they will aspire to become thoughtful men who appreciate the power of brotherhood reverence for their ancestors and understand that they are the inheritors of a cultural legacy they are obligated to preserve and pass on to their descendants.</p><p>-Anthony T. Browder Author and Director of the ASA Restoration Project</p><p><br></p><p><em>Jelani's Key</em> is a literary and cultural rite of passage for African American middle-graders both female and male. D. Amari Jackson has managed to carry a real-life phenomenon from ancient Egypt across the endless sands to our urban youth in America using the power of story.</p><p>-Stephanie Robinson Harvard Law Lecturer Author and Former Political Commentator for the Tom Joyner Morning Show</p><p><br></p><p>Poignant magical funny adventurous... <em>Jelani's Key</em> is a story for our times one celebrating the promise of our children and recognizing just how high regardless of where they come from they can fly.</p><p>-Charisse Carney-Nunes Author Speaker & Education Advocate</p><p><br></p><p><em>Jelani's Key</em> satisfies the demand for books that make Black boys the hero of the story. D. Amari Jackson is a skilled storyteller whose prose allows the reader to escape into the pages of the book.</p><p>-Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati owner The Literary Cafe Books & Events Bookstore</p>