Akata Witch
Book 1 of The Nsibidi Scripts
Language: English
Africa African American Albinos and albinism Crime Fantasy & Magic Fiction Juvenile Fiction Magic Mysteries & Detective Stories Nigeria People & Places Serial murderers Speculative Fiction Supernatural United States
Publisher: Speak
Published: Jan 1, 2011
Description:
Affectionately dubbed "the Nigerian Harry Potter," Akata Witch 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 amazing—she 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!