Akata Warrior

This is the second entry in the Nsibidi Scripts trilogy. It continues the story of Sunny Nwazue and her training as a Leopard, that is, a person with magical powers. Sometimes, the sophomore effort of a series is not as good as the first, but this one matched the awesomeness of Akata Witch. I enjoyed it just as much as the first. It's still set in the alternate Nigeria of the present where some people are magical and a whole other dimension exists side by side with the non-magical. Sunny grows, being thirteen in this book, learns more magic, and has to fight an even more dangerous enemy. The writing and imagination are simply terrific. Yes, it's YA so it's easy reading, but it's also engrossing, fast paced, and believable. It was nominated for a Nommo Award and won the Locus YA Award.

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