It could also work as a New to You Author or a Witches bingo square.Īkata Witch is often billed as 'Nigerian Harry Potter,' but this book about a girl discovering her magical powers still manages to be somewhat unique. She shows us just how close we are to that alternate reality.For the Book Club bingo square, I chose to read Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor. Hers is the voice that fuses matter and imagination. 'The voice of Nnedi Okorafor does not obey the rules of distance, time, or place. Rich, mysterious, and convincing, Akata Witch takes fantasy in a haunting new direction.' -Jonathan Stroud, New York Times bestselling author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy Her heroes are beguiling, her magic firmly rooted in real places and real things. 'Nnedi Okorafor is opening doors into strange and beautiful new worlds.

We need more writers like her.' -Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind 'A marvelous and uplifting read, heartwarming in its portrayal of true friendship, heartbreaking in its portrayal of headstrong youth and the perils of pride.' -Cory Doctorow, award-winning author of Little Brother 'Okorafor's imagination is stunning.' - The New York Times Book Review 'Jam-packed with mythological wonders.' -Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series Nnedi Okorafor's work is wonderful!' -Diana Wynne Jones, award-winning author of The Chronicles of Chrestomanci 'Highly original stuff, episode after amazing episode, full of color, life, and death. '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 “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 Le Guin, award-winning author of A Wizard of Earthsea

'There’s more imagination on a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics.' -Ursula K. “Okorafor’s novels tend to reflect both her West-African heritage and American experiences, but in this series she creates a stunningly original world of African magic that draws on Nigerian folk beliefs and rituals instead of relying on the predictable tropes of Western fantasy novels.” 'The book puts a unique, inclusive spin on the timeless tale of the misfit chosen to save the world.' One of Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy and Young Adult Books of All Time!

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