“Juju cartwheels between these pages like dust in a sandstorm” When Sunny’s big brother goes off to college with a great deal of fanfare, it turns into something much more sinister, something his little sister will have to rescue him from… The action ratchets up throughout the book, and Sunny will have to know herself better than she ever has before to have any hope of succeeding. Sunny is working hard to decode the magical picture language of Nsibisi, while trying to cover up her exhaustion from midnight magic classes after a full day of regular classes (no magical boarding school for these students.) Sunny’s friendship with Orlu is slowly deepening into something more, while Chichi and Sasha have a relationship that’s both openly romantic and openly fighting. (Leopard and Lamb here being the Nigerian equivalent of wizard and muggle.) Now, all of them are furthering their studies. It’s been just a year in book time since Sunny Nwazue and her three juju-learning Leopard team mates defeated the evil Black Hat. Viking, 2017.Īt last, a long-awaited sequel to Akata Witch, complete with new covers for both books.
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