Allison King: Avatar Aang

Join Brookline Booksmith at the Brookline Public Library to celebrate the release of Avatar Aang with author Allison King.

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EVENT ATTENDEES: Preorder your copy of Avatar Aang through this page. Books will also be available for purchase at the event. Books can be picked up 30 minutes before the event in the event space.

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Event accessibility

• This event will take place on the second floor. Elevators are readily available.
• ASL interpretation may be provided (based on the availability of interpreters) but must be requested at least 2 weeks in advance of the event.
• Please email us at ticketing@brooklinebooksmith.com as soon as possible if you require ASL interpretation, guaranteed seating, or other accommodations. Seats are limited.We will do our best to serve your needs!

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender

This official novelization of Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, the all-new animated film on Paramount+, includes expanded scenes that delve further into Team Avatar’s efforts at rebuilding the Four Nations in the era following the Hundred Year War. Perfect for fans of the film who are hungry for more content as well as all fans of Avatar: the Last Airbender

What does it mean to be the last of your kind, and what would you do to change it?

Years after saving the world, Avatar Aang and his friends are living legends. They have all followed separate paths since the Hundred Year War, and each has grown into adulthood while shaping humanity in unique ways. Though his companions look eagerly toward the future, Avatar Aang struggles to do the same. Instead, he finds himself drawn to the past, making long journeys to the abandoned Air Temples to collect what is left of his culture in a world that has already begun to move on.

When a group of violent non-benders attack the Avatar at the Southern Air Temple and steal a mysterious relic, they set in motion a race across the world for a legendary power that threatens to destabilize the fragile balance Aang worked so hard to achieve. And so Aang reassembles his team: Sokka, now an ingenious inventor helping to rebuild his home in the Southern Water Tribe; Toph, who teaches metalbending to a new generation; Zuko, whose leadership has steered the Fire Nation to an era of peace; and Katara, a leader in the young multicultural metropolis of Republic City. Together, the group traverses the globe to sites that have been abandoned for millennia, where they learn of ancient Avatars, meet powerful spirits, and uncover dangerous new abilities, one of which could grant Avatar Aang’s deepest wish: to save the Air Nomad culture from extinction.

Though his team’s collective hopes are great, Aang must confront whether his lifelong dream might become the very thing that destroys him—and the new world he has built.

Allison King is an Asian American writer and software engineer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the author of The Phoenix Pencil Company, a 2025 Reese's Book Club pick, and of Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, the official novelization of the animated movie. When she is not writing novels, she is writing code for the MBTA.

About Brookline Booksmith

Brookline Booksmith, thriving in the heart of Coolidge Corner in Brookline, Massachusetts, since 1961, is one of New England’s premier independent bookstores. We offer a vast selection of books, ranging from current bestsellers to the most eclectic titles. We are also known for our beautiful and inspired gifts. Customers buy and sell gently used books in our treasured Used Book Cellar and enjoy our bountiful bargain book selection. We host award-winning events series (including our groundbreaking Transnational Literature Series), offering more than 300 author talks, community conversations, and book clubs annually. Find more at brooklinebooksmith.com!