{"product_id":"akata-witch-nnedi-okorafor","title":"Akata Witch (Nnedi Okorafor)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eMAGAZINE S 100 BEST FANTASY AND YOUNG ADULT BOOKS OF ALL TIME   A young Nigerian girl discovers her extraordinary destiny in this heart-pounding tale of finding one s place in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jam-packed with mythological wonders.  Rick Riordan, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There s more imagination on a page of Nnedi Okorafor s work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics.  Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Wizard of Earthsea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunny Nwazue lives in Nigeria, but she was born in New York City. Her features are West 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 she is a  free agent  with latent magical power. And she has a lot of catching up to do. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon she s part of a quartet of magic students, studying the invisible and visible, learning to change reality. But just as she s finding her footing, Sunny and her friends are asked by the magical authorities to help track down a career criminal who knows magic too. Will their training be enough to help them against a threat whose powers greatly outnumber theirs?\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNnedi Okorafor\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist of African-based science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism for both children and adults. Born in the United States to Nigerian immigrant parents, Nnedi is known for weaving African culture into creative evocative settings and memorable characters. In a profile of Nnedi s work, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called Nnedi s imagination  stunning.  Nnedi has received the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award, and the Nebula Award, among others, for her novels. She holds a PhD in English and is a professor at SUNY Buffalo. She divides her time between Buffalo and the suburbs of Chicago, where she lives with her daughter.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 384 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65897671557469,"sku":"K065575654","price":13.7,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6557565400001A.jpg?v=1789162234","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/akata-witch-nnedi-okorafor","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}