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The Shadow Speaker

Nnedi Okorafor

2007352 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2007
first published
  • 2023DAW · ENGISBN 9780756418762
  • 2024DAW · ENGISBN 9780756419011
  • 2009352 pagesISBN 9781439598092
  • 2007Hyperion · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9781423100331

In West Africa in 2070, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey across the Sahara to find Jaa, her father's killer, and upon finding her, she also discovers a greater purpose to her life and to the mystical powers she possesses.

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AtmosphereWhimsicalBleak

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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Written forMiddle grade
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