title: Akata Witch
author:  Nnedi Okorafor 
description: <b><u>Raves for Nnedi Okorafor's Writing<br /></u></b><br />"Nnedi Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies. Her characters take your heart and squeeze it, her worlds open your mind to new things, always rooted in the red clay of reality."Neil Gaiman, Newbery Award-winning author of <i>The Graveyard Book</i><br /><br />"Theres more imagination on a page of Nnedi Okorafors work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics."Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of<i>A Wizard of Earthsea</i><br /><br />The most imaginative, gripping, enchanting fantasy novels I have ever read!Laurie Halse Anderson, National Book Award finalist and<i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of<i>Speak</i><br /><br />"I always loved science fiction, but I didnt feel I was part of ituntil I read first Octavia Butler, and now Nnedi Okorafor."Whoopi Goldberg<br /><br />"Highly original stuff, episode after amazing episode, full of color, life, and death. Nnedi Okorafor's work is wonderful!"Diana Wynne Jones, award-winning author ofThe Chronicles of Chrestomanci<br /><br />"Jam-packed with mythological wonders."Rick Riordan,#1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series<br /><br />"Okorafor's imagination is stunning."<i>The New York Times</i>Book Review<br /><br />"A marvelous and uplifting read, heartwarming in its portrayal of true friendship, heartbreaking in its portrayal of headstrong youth and the perils of pride."Cory Doctorow, award-winning author of<i>Little Brother</i><br /><br />"Fresh, original, and smart. We need more writers like her."Patrick Rothfuss, author of<i>The Name of the Wind</i><br /><br />"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, <i>Akata Witch</i>takes fantasy in a haunting new direction."Jonathan Stroud, <i>New York Times</i>bestselling author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy<br /><br />"The voice of Nnedi Okorafor does not obey the rules of distance, time, or place. Hers is the voice that fuses matter and imagination. She shows us just how close we are to that alternate reality."Tchidi Chikere, Nigerian award-winning film director and screenwriter
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  # BOOKS BY
  
  
  NNEDI OKORAFOR
  
  
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  Zahrah the Windseeker
  
  
  The Shadow Speaker
  
  
  Long Juju Man
  
  
  Akata Witch
  
  
  Akata Warrior
  
  
  Who Fears Death
  
  
  The Book of Phoenix
  
  
  Lagoon
  
  
  Kabu Kabu
  
  
  Binti
  
  
  Binti: Home
  
  
  Binti: The Night Masquerade
  
  
  Chicken in the Kitchen
  
  
  The Girl with the Magic Hands
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  VIKING
  
  
  An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York
  
  
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  First published in the United States of America by Viking,
  
  
  an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Nnedi Okorafor
  
  
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