Akata Witch

<b>Affectionately dubbed the Nigerian Harry Potter <i>Akata Witch</i>&#160;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&#151;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!&#160;</p>