Akata Witch
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary
3.9
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Nnedi Okorafor
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.A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the CenturyTwelve-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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Author
Nnedi Okorafor
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2011-04-14
ISBN
1101513799 9781101513798
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"Good concept and world building but I didn’t like the ending, felt too rushed. "
Jay
"I'm absolutely in love with the new prevalence of afro fantasy fiction books. This one holds a special place in my heart because I'm Igbo myself. I can never learn this type of history about my tribe and its relationship with "juju" from my own family because of an aversion towards our pre-colonial beliefs, so reading this books was an amazing learning experience for me. <br/>I would describe the magic as soft regardless of the presence of juju knives, books, and spells. It felt often that there power came a lot from their belief in themselves, which is common in soft magic systems. The power of love and friendship, that type beat.<br/>The story itself I felt was quite slow in the beginning but picked up really fast once the kids got to Abuja. I feel the final boss at the end could've also gotten more "screentime" but regardless loved this story."
Adaugo
"OMG!!! Couldn’t put it down! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!!"
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Abiah Powell
"I love this book! It gets a little slow at points but overall it’s really fun!"
Micah
"2nd time reading it. Sunny is so much fun. Glad I picked it up again"
Poochamoo
"Love the detail and the creativity in the world building, and the diversity of characters. Can't wait to finish the second "
camille
"Good book but i couldnt finish it, it needed an oomph"
Mackenzie Scott
"Started off a little slow, but once it picked up, it was a lot of fun. Great dynamic characters and a rich world with which I was wholly unfamiliar. Love even getting glimpses into life in Nigeria, however mixed with juju they were."
Katherine R
"Really fun quick read with great characters and detail."
Suzanne Feinspan
"Such a fantastic start to this world. It’s a modern fantasy set in Africa and creates a similar hidden world to Harry Potter. "
Stephanie Diehl