Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she's albino. She's a terrific athlete, but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place where she fits. And then she discovers something amazing--she is a "free agent," with late
Akata Witch: A Novel
β Scribed by Nnedi Okorafor
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Series
- Akata Witch 1
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1101513799
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β¦ Synopsis
Affectionately dubbed "the Nigerian Harry Potter," Akata WitchΒ weaves together a heart-pounding tale of magic, mystery, and finding one's place in the world. Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she's albino. She's a terrific athlete, but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place where she fits in. And then she discovers something amazingβshe is a "free agent" with latent magical power. Soon she's part of a quartet of magic students, studying the visible and invisible, learning to change reality. But will it be enough to help them when they are asked to catch a career criminal who knows magic too? Ursula K. Le Guin and John Green are Nnedi Okorafor fans. As soon as you start reading Akata Witch, you will be, too!
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