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Akata Witch

Akata Witch Series, Book 1

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Akata Witch

By: Nnedi Okorafor
Narrated by: Yetide Badaki
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Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she has albinism. 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 mystical power. Soon she's part of a quartet of students studying the visible and invisible, learning to change reality. But will it be enough to help them when they are asked to catch a career criminal well-versed in powerful juju?

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"Nnedi Okorafor is opening doors into strange and beautiful new worlds. Her heroes are beguiling, her magic firmly rooted in real places and real things. Rich, mysterious, and convincing, Akata Witch takes fantasy in a haunting new direction." (Jonathan Stroud, New York Times best-selling author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy)

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Rich Worldbuilding • Authentic Nigerian Culture • Authentic African Accents • Diverse Characters • Magical Fantasy Elements
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I enjoyed how the magic was based in African lore, as was the location of the story. The narrator did a great job with the accents too.

Great Magic System

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I absolutely loved this book and am considering reading other works by this author. The narration was great as well!

Delightful and Exciting!

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Overall the story was good. Was a bit disappointed about the climax. It was not awful.

A bit of a let down

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10/10! Once I began listening, I didn't want to stop! A masterpiece! I cannot recommend this book enough. it was very well read. A complete delight!

I Cannot Describe the Awesomeness!

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Oh my gosh I LOVED it! This Audible TOTALLY blew my mind. The story is FANTASTIC and I’ve never heard a Nigerian accent or words for such a length of time. This story truly took me to another world very different then mine in real life but also included my love of a really good fantasy story!!!

LOVED IT!!

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I really enjoyed this book! The narrator is fantastic! I would definitely recommend it to anyone who likes a little fantasy in their books.

An unexpected find

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loved. this book story concept well developed , can't wait to read the next adventure of Akatawitch & company

A wonderful surprise read

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I didn’t know much about this book before starting to read it and was instantly captured. I enjoyed the way the author was so descriptive and pulled me in to each one of the characters stories. The story had so much soul To it making me wish that it were real! I’m glad that this is book one and can’t wait to read book 2.

What a surprise!

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Loved it! Great story and full of folklore. The author. did a great job painting a picture.

Wonderful

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The narrative style took some time to get used to - I realized how click baity the books I read are when I kept expecting chapters to mean something sinister or characters to die just because they were mentioned in nice scenes. The story just - flows - here. And it’s interesting and vivid and memorable.

Wonderful Listen

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