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
