Akata Witch
Akata
Witch (retitled What Sunny Saw in
the Flames in Nigeria and the UK) is a 2011 fantasy novel written by Nnedi
Okorafor.
Plot
Twelve-year-old
Sunny Nwazue was born in America yet lives in Nigeria. She is Black and
albino. She's a great athlete, yet she can't go out in the sun to play soccer.
Sunny then discovers that she has magical abilities, which makes her a
"free agent" in the magical community called the Leopard People in
West Africa. As a free agent, she needs to learn about the magical community.
Soon her magical teachers connect her with three other magical students to
become a quartet
called a covent, which is a group of magical Leopard people assembled to pursue
a purpose. The group is cultivated by leaders in the magical communities to try
to capture a serial killer who also knows magic.
References
·
Carpenter, Susan (April 10, 2011). "Book review: 'Akata Witch' by Nnedi
Okorafor".
The Los Angeles
Times.
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