Akata Witch

Written by Nnedi Okorafor

Book #1 in the The Nsibidi Scripts series

A young girl discovers her magical powers and must stop a criminal who wields magic too.

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349 pages· 70,715 words· Est. 6.5 hour read· HL590L· AR 4.2 · 10 AR pts

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Bookroo's summary

Sunny, an albino girl in Nigeria, feels out of place until she discovers her magical abilities. Joining a group of young magic students, she learns to alter reality. But when a dangerous criminal with magic threatens their world, can they stop him in time? Dive into a world where magic and reality intertwine, and every choice could mean life or death.

From the publisher

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!

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