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
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/14/2011
ISBN: 9780670011964
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.82w x 1.35d
Award: Locus Awards - Nominee
Review Citations: Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2011
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2011
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2011 pg. 99
Publishers Weekly 02/14/2011
Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 54
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2011 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
School Library Journal 06/01/2011 pg. 128
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 143032 / Akata Witch
Reading Level: 4.2 /
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus /
Point Value: 10