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Ikenga
by Nnedi Okorafor

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    List Price: $16.99
    Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
    Classification: Fiction
    Target Age Group: Middle Grade
    ISBN13: 9780593113523
    Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
    Publisher: Penguin Random House
    Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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    Book Description:Nnedi Okorafor’s first novel for middle grade readers introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical Ikenga.

    Nnamdi’s father was a good chief of police, perhaps the best Kalaria had ever had. He was determined to root out the criminals that had invaded the town. But then he was murdered, and most people believed the Chief of Chiefs, most powerful of the criminals, was responsible. Nnamdi has vowed to avenge his father, but he wonders what a twelve-year-old boy can do. 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. 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.

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