Akata witch (2011)

Others: Overwhelmingly positive

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.

ISBN:: 9780670011964
Length:: 349 pages

Genres: fantasy, mystery, young adult

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Jean's ThoughtsOct 2024

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for young adult novels we first of all have a cata Witch by n corar which follows our protagonist Sunny ... she is making new friends she's getting to know new people and she's also discovering that she might be a witch