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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?
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"I came across this work of fiction while researching Nsibidi. I am very glad that I decided to purchase the book and audiobook. I really connected with the story because I grew up in the US and was born in Ayiti. I have endure similar situations from my own people. The norms, biases and beliefs of a people have been weaved in a captivating web of intrigued and discovery. The reader did a great job in letting the spirit of the book speak through her. "
— Mennu (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Nigeria and the world of the Leopard people come to life with Yetide Badaki’s engaging multi-accented narration. Sunny Nwazue is Igbo and American, albino, and about to discover she is magic. Badaki smoothly switches between Sunny’s and her friend Sasha’s American accents and the voices of her new Nigerian friends, cheeky Chichi and solemn Orlu….This rich fantasy is made all the better by Badaki’s dynamic narration. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“Filled with marvels and is sure to appeal to teens whose interest in fantasy goes beyond dwarves and fairies.”
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“This vividly imagined, original fantasy shows what life is like in today’s Nigeria, while it beautifully explores an alternate magical reality…A consistently surprising, inventive read that will appeal to more thoughtful, patient fantasy readers because it relies less on action and more on exploring the characters’ gradual mastery of their talents.”
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“The worldbuilding for Leopard society is stellar, packed with details that will enthrall readers bored with the same old magical worlds…Ebulliently original.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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An Amazon.com bestseller
Akata Witch Listener Reviews
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" I came across this work of fiction while researching Nsibidi. I am very glad that decided to buy this book and audiobook . It is a simple story, but with very rich details of cultural norms and biases brought to life in a web a story. I really connected with story because I grew up in USA but was born in Ayiti and had to endure similar things from my own. "
— Mennu, 7/25/2018
About Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor is an author of fantasy and science fiction for both adults and younger readers. Her books include the novella Binti, which won the 2015 Hugo and Nebula Awards; the children's book Long Juju Man, which won the 2007-08 Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa; the novel Who Fears Death, winner of the World Fantasy Award winner; and the novel Akata Warrior, winner of the Lodestar and Locus awards. She is an associate professor of creative writing and literature at the University at Buffalo. She was born to Igbo Nigerian parents in Cincinnati, Ohio.
About Yetide Badaki
Yetide Badaki is a Nigerian-born actress who has been seen performing all around the world. Better known as the goddess Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods, her other television credits include ABC’s Lost, the Fox show Touch, and Criminal Minds on CBS.