Akata Witch

<b>Affectionately dubbed "the Nigerian Harry Potter," <i>Akata Witch</i> weaves together a heart-pounding tale of magic, mystery, and finding one's place in the world.</b><p>Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she's albino. 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 magical power. Soon she's part of a quartet of magic 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 who knows magic too?</p><p>Ursula K. Le Guin and John Green are Nnedi Okorafor fans. As soon as you start reading <i>Akata Witch</i>, you will be, too! </p>