Twelve-year-old T'Challa loves his comfortable life in Wakanda, a brilliant and technologically advanced African nation hidden from the world. But when dangerous conflict brews near their borders, T'Challa's father makes a shocking decision: he is sending T'Challa and his best friend M'Baku to America. Suddenly, the prince of Wakanda is just an ordinary student navigating the crowded halls of South Side Middle School in Chicago. Even with a high-tech suit and a powerful Vibranium ring hidden in his backpack, T'Challa quickly realizes that surviving middle school in America is its own kind of battle. He has to hide his royal identity, figure out how to make new friends, and avoid Gemini Jones, a terrifying classmate rumored to practice dark magic. When strange and sinister things start happening around the school, T'Challa must step out of the shadows. To protect his friends and defeat an ancient evil, he must take his first steps toward becoming the legendary Black Panther.