"Nnedi Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies. 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 Gods 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. 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 Neil Gaiman 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
