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Akata witch
- Title
- Akata witch / Nnedi Okorafor.
- Author
- Okorafor, Nnedi.
- Publication
- New York : Viking, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- 349 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
- Subjects
- Albinism > Juvenile fiction
- People with albinism > Juvenile fiction
- Albinos and albinism
- Fiction
- Juvenile works
- Magic > Juvenile fiction
- Serial murderers > Juvenile fiction
- Young adult fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Fantasy / Contemporary
- Fantasy fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places / Africa
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Paranormal fiction
- Young adult works
- Nigeria > Juvenile fiction
- Black author
- Genre/Form
- Fantasy fiction.
- Paranormal fiction.
- Young adult fiction.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Young adult works.
- Note
- "A Junior Library Guild selection."--Jacket flap.
- Contents
- Prologue: The candle -- Orlu -- Chichi -- Initiative -- Leopard knocks his foot -- Sunny day -- The skull -- Night runner forest -- Red stew and rice -- Treetop -- Facing reality -- Lessons -- Abuja -- Zuma Rock -- The football cup -- Hold your breath -- Trouble at home -- Basic juju -- Seven rainy days -- Under the hat -- I see you -- Timing -- Headless and headlines -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- Sc D 11-733
- ISBN
- 9780670011964
- 0670011967
- LCCN
- 2011002999
- OCLC
- 468975295
- Author
- Okorafor, Nnedi.
- Title
- Akata witch / Nnedi Okorafor.
- Imprint
- New York : Viking, 2011.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 11-733