Name: Akeem S. Roberts launches "Class Pet Ghost Detective," with Ellis Rosen
Start: 2025-07-15T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-07-15T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Lofty Pigeon Books

Akeem S. Roberts launches "Class Pet Ghost Detective," with Ellis Rosen

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<h3>Join us for the launch of Class Pet Ghost Detective: What Happened to the Naked Mole Rat?, the first book in a funny, supernatural early reader graphic novel series about an eight-year-old boy who solves mysteries with the ghost of his former class pet.</h3>The author Akeem S. Roberts will be joined by cartoonist Ellis Rosen for a reading, conversation, and reception.<a href="https://shop.loftypigeonbooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBQCGKMdhgYSJg" title="https://shop.loftypigeonbooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBQCGKMdhgYSJg" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Preorder your copy of the first Class Pet Ghost Detective here!</a>Can't make it to the event? Preorder at the link above to receive a signed copy for store pickup or shipping. Indicate any personalization requests in the "instructions and comments" field during checkout. <h3>About the book</h3>This hilarious graphic novel for early readers follows eight-year-old Carter, who dreams of having a dog but ends up caring for the class pet, a naked mole rat named Mr. Pebbles. When Mr. Pebbles dies mysteriously, Carter becomes the prime suspect. So, naturally, when Mr. Pebbles’s ghost appears—and Carter is the only one who can hear him—they team up to find out the truth. Together, they investigate the last three students who saw Mr. Pebbles alive: Annabelle Jenkins, the goody two-shoes; Morgan Jackson, the jock; and Lester Fern, best known for playing board games with his pet rock, Rocky. Will Carter crack the case with the help of his spectral sidekick?With its short length, full-color illustrations, humor, ghosts, intrigue, and adorably weird class pets, this series is perfect for reluctant and emerging readers. Class Pet Ghost Detective: What Happened to the Naked Mole Rat? will be a great addition to summer reading, back-to-school, and for fans of irreverent chapter book graphic novels like Dog Man, the Lunch Lady series, and the Shelby and Watts series.Advance Praise"This is an amiably silly tale with a confident Black boy at its center. . . . This series starter will appeal to fans of the gentle action, mild mystery, and clever humor in Jamieson’s The Great Pet Escape." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books “[W]ith lots of comedy…and a playful plot…[W]ill likely find an audience with young manga fans.” —Booklist “Just when you think every school story has been done before, here comes this new series to set you straight.” —School Library Journal’s 100 Scope Notes Blog <h3>About the author</h3>Akeem S. Roberts is the illustrator of the J.D. the Kid Barber chapter book series, which was a School Library Journal Best Book of 2021, a Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2021, a Charlotte Huck Award Honor recipient, and a Texas Bluebonnet Master List selection. He has worked as an illustrator for Hasbro (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) and as a cartoonist for The New Yorker. The Class Pet Ghost Detective series is his author-illustrator debut. <h3>About Ellis Rosen</h3>Ellis Rosen is a cartoonist, writer, and illustrator living in Brooklyn. His cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, and The Washington Post.

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