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Akata Witch

Nnedi Okorafor

  • 352 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 2011
  • 13 editions
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1 About this book

Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.

Good for readers who want: magic and the supernatural.

  • Serial murderers
  • Magic
  • Nigeria
  • Young adult fiction
  • Murder
  • Supernatural
  • Albinos and albinism
  • Children's fiction

2 About Nnedi Okorafor

Born 1974

Nnedimma Nkemdili "Nnedi" Okorafor (formerly Okorafor-Mbachu; born April 8, 1974) is a Nigerian American writer of science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. She is best known for her Binti Series and her novels Who Fears Death, Zahrah the Windseeker, Akata Witch, Akata Warrior, Lagoon and Remote Control. She has also written for comics and film.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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