
Akata Witch
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · July 11, 2017
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.
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- Who it’s for
- For when you want a long spell of story, with Okorafor’s worldbuilding doing the heavy lifting.
- Genres
- Wizards & Witches for Teens, Contemporary YA Fantasy, Africa for Teens
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, July 11, 2017
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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. Perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone! Sunny Nwazue lives in Nigeria, but she was born in New York City. Her features are West 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.
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And then she discovers something amazing—she is a "free agent" with latent magical power. And she has a lot of catching up to do. Soon she's part of a quartet of magic students, studying the visible and invisible, learning to change reality. 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. Will their training be enough to help them combat a threat whose powers greatly outnumber theirs? World Fantasy Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor blends magic and adventure to create a lush world. Her writing has been called “stunning” by The New York Times and her fans include Rick Riordan, John Green, Ursula K. Le Guin, and many more! Raves for Nnedi Okorafor's writing: "There’s more imagination on a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics." —Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of A Wizard of Earthsea “The most imaginative, gripping, enchanting fantasy novels I have ever read!” —Laurie Halse Anderson, National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Speak "I always loved science fiction, but I didn’t feel I was part of it—until I read first Octavia Butler, and now Nnedi Okorafor." —Whoopi Goldberg "Highly original stuff, episode after amazing episode, full of color, life, and death. Nnedi Okorafor's work is wonderful!" —Diana Wynne Jones, award-winning author of The Chronicles of Chrestomanci "Jam-packed with mythological wonders." —Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series "Okorafor's imagination is stunning." —The New York Times Book Review
Why It Clicks
For when you want a long spell of story, with Okorafor’s worldbuilding doing the heavy lifting.
Come here for
- Nnedi Okorafor’s name on the spine
- immersive, sustained YA fantasy
Expect
- genre-blending fantasy energy
- a read that rewards settling in
Where it sits
| Wizards & Witches for Teens | 93% |
|---|---|
| Africa for Teens | 34% |
| Contemporary YA Fantasy | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Contemporary YA Fantasy
- YA Mysteries
- Africa for Teens
- Authors
- Nnedi Okorafor
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- July 11, 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Contemporary YA Fantasy