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Akata Witch

Akata Witch Series, Book 1

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Akata Witch

By: Nnedi Okorafor
Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
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Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she has albinism. 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 mystical power. Soon she's part of a quartet of 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 well-versed in powerful juju?

©2017 Nnedi Okorafor (P)2018 Tantor

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Science Fiction & Fantasy Series Essentials Multicultural Literature & Fiction Fantasy Paranormal Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Exciting Mysteries & Detectives

Critic reviews

"Nnedi Okorafor is opening doors into strange and beautiful new worlds. Her heroes are beguiling, her magic firmly rooted in real places and real things. Rich, mysterious, and convincing, Akata Witch takes fantasy in a haunting new direction." (Jonathan Stroud, New York Times best-selling author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy)

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African Cultural Richness • Unique Magical System • Authentic Accents • Well-developed Characters • Masterful Performance

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Every decent fantasy series has rules for magic. Every good series has rules that make sense. Every great set of magic rules reveals a truth about life. This is a great series.

No spoilers here, but I adore Okorafor's concept for why some people have powerful magic and others do not, and I love the way that the system challenges a reader's assumptions about how traditional society values people. Any book that does that is worth much more than its ink.

I am going to be pushing this book into the hands of every fantasy fan I know.

Fantastic!

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I thought the book was good, but some of the rationale with the storyline did not make sense and the finale was a little weak. However, I enjoyed the book overall and look forward to the next one.

Good Read

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This is a great story that keeps you fully engaged the entire time!!! Great narration and story line.

WOW WOW WOW WOOOOOWW!!!

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Learnt something new every chapter I couldn’t turn it off at bedtime and had to listen during breakfast

Fantastic

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This store is so capptivating I could not stop listening in fact I never wanted it to end. I'm grateful to have heroes that reflect African culture and traditions.

I need book 2

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