Boy 2.0
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Hardcover · January 27, 2026
An action-packed superhero story from New York Times bestselling author Tracey Baptiste.
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- Who it’s for
- Superhero thrills meet questions of trust, family, and finding your place.
- Genres
- Superheroes, Sci-Fi, US: African American Stories
- Published
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, January 27, 2026
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An action-packed superhero story from New York Times bestselling author Tracey Baptiste. 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.
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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.
Power and Belonging
Superhero thrills meet questions of trust, family, and finding your place.
Come here for
- Superhero wonder with a wary, grounded edge
- Questions of trust, belonging, and an unexpected power
Expect
- A brisk blend of family dynamics and danger
- A young hero learning to control invisibility
Where it sits
| Superheroes | 96% |
|---|---|
| Sci-Fi | 71% |
| US: African American Stories | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- US: African American Stories
- Sci-Fi
- Superheroes
- Authors
- Tracey Baptiste
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Published
- January 27, 2026
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- US: African American Stories