The shadow speaker
By: Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781423100331
Subjects: Fantasy; Sahara -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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.