Nnedi Okorafor\'s first novel for middle grade readers introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical Ikenga.
How can he fulfill his mission? How will he learn to control his newfound powers? Award-winning Nnedi Okorafor, acclaimed for her Akata novels, introduces a new and engaging hero in her first novel for middle grade readers set against a richly textured background of contemporary Nigeria..
Until a mysterious nighttime meeting, the gift of a magical object that enables super powers, and a charge to use those powers for good changes his life forever.
Nnamdi has vowed to avenge his father, but he wonders what a twelve-year-old boy can do.
But then he was murdered, and most people believed the Chief of Chiefs, most powerful of the criminals, was responsible.
He was determined to root out the criminals that had invaded the town.
Nnamdi\'s father was a good chief of police, perhaps the best Kalaria had ever had.
Nnedi Okorafor\'s first novel for middle grade readers introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical Ikenga
