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The Shadow SpeakerNnedi Okorafor

The Shadow Speaker

2007352 pages
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FantasyYoung Adult

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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.

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4 editions
  • Hardcover · English · 2007
    Shadow Speaker, The
    Jump At The Sun · 352 pages · 9781423100331
  • Other · English · 2024
    Shadow Speaker : The Desert Magician's Duology
    DAW · 9780756419011
  • Other · English · 2023
    Shadow Speaker : The Desert Magician's Duology
    DAW · 9780756418762
  • Other · English · 2009
    352 pages · 9781439598092
FantasyFictionChildren's fictionSahara, fictionAfrica, west, fictionAdventure and adventurers, fictionFantasy fictionNew York Times reviewed