Okorafor introduces a western audience to an extraordinary culture with her use of language and allows readers to worry for Sunny as she gets thrust into various situation that test her abilities and teamwork.
She ends up meeting friends who join her adventure through this new world of magic and learns that she (and her group) have the duty to fight a mass murderer trying to upturn the magical society. She's an American in Nigeria, an albino among black people, a girl in a male-dominated household (and sport), and a free agent in the world of Juju.
Le Guin, and many more! ReviewĪkata Witch follows Sunny who is an outsider in every community she enters. Her writing has been called “stunning” by The New York Times and her fans include Neil Gaiman, Rick Riordan, John Green, Ursula K. World Fantasy Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor blends magic and adventure to create a lush world. Will their training be enough to help them combat a threat whose powers greatly outnumber theirs? But as she’s finding her footing, Sunny and her friends are asked by the magical authorities to help track down a career criminal who knows magic, too. Soon she's part of a quartet of magic students, studying the visible and invisible, learning to change reality. And then she discovers something amazing - she is a "free agent" with latent magical power. There seems to be no place where she fits in. She's a terrific athlete, but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. Her features are West African, but she's albino. Sunny Nwazue lives in Nigeria, but she was born in New York City. Perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone! Her characters take your heart and squeeze it her worlds open your mind to new things." Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book and American GodsĪffectionately dubbed "the Nigerian Harry Potter," Akata Witch weaves together a heart-pounding tale of magic, mystery, and finding one's place in the world. "Nnedi Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies.
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