Title: The Shadow Speaker
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.
Subjects: Fantasy, Fiction, Children's fiction, Sahara, fiction, Africa, west, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Fantasy fiction, New York Times reviewed, Magic, Juvenile fiction, Adventure stories, Adventure and adventurers, collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=honor
Places: Sahara