Nominee · Locus Awards 2012
Akata Witch
2011 novel by Nnedi Okorafor
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.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- mythic fiction
Locus Awards 2012
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11/22/63
7th Sigma
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A Brood of Foxes
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