Tracey Baptiste
BIO
TRACEY BAPTISTE (pronounced buhTEEST ) is a New York Times bestselling author of over 30 books for children. She writes stories for kids of all ages packed with adventure, history, science, and sometimes all three. Her most recent books are the kindergarten superhero book Super Goat Girl, the sci-fi adventure Boy 2.0, and the middle grade fantasy Moko Magic: Museum Mayhem. Connect with Tracey on Instagram @traceybaptistewrites, and find fun activities and information for writers at traceybaptiste.com.
BOY 2.0
Win “Coal” Keegan has just landed in his latest foster home, with a big, noisy, slightly nosy family named the McKays. They seem eager to welcome Coal, but he’s wary of trusting them. So, he doesn’t tell them that he went for a walk with chalk in his pocket to cover a nearby street with his art. He doesn’t tell them that a neighbor found Coal drawing, pulled a gun on him, and fired it. He doesn’t tell them the police chased him. And he definitely doesn’t tell them that when everything went down, Coal somehow turned invisible. But he did.
Now he has to figure out how. Is he a superhero? Some kind of mutant? A science experiment? Is that why he has no family of his own? As Coal searches for answers and slowly learns to control his invisibility, he turns to the McKay kids and friends both new and old for help. But they soon discover they’re not the only ones looking for a Black boy with superpowers, and the situation is far stranger—and more dangerous—than they ever could have expected.
