Godwin Akpan
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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2023 Reading Challenge: Middle grade or YA novel
2024 DMPL Reading Challenge August Bonus Category: YA or Middle Grade Book
2024 DMPL Reading Challenge August Bonus Category: YA or Middle Grade Book
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Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
"New York Times bestseller! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a trilogy filled with #blackgirlmagic. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and...
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Series
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English
Description
"War has come to the supernatural world, and Amari's two worst enemies are leading the charge. Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into becoming prime minister, using her mind control ability to force the Bureau to take up her vicious grudge against magiciankind. Meanwhile, Dylan Van Helsing, the newly crowned leader of the League of Magicians -- and Amari's former partner -- is after a destructive new power that would not only ensure the magicians'...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines....
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Part of the YouNeek YouNiverse! Extraordinary fantasy and superhero stories inspired by African history, culture, and mythologycreated by the best Nigerian comics talent!
The oldest son of a world-renowned scientist, Wale Williams--aka tech-savvy superhero EXO--tries to save Lagoon City from a deadly group of emerging extremists.
But before this "pending" superhero can do any good for his city, there is one person he must save first--Himself!...
Series
Iyanu volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The orphan Iyanu is thrust into the wildlands beyond the safety of the walls of her home! She must quickly learn to work with an exile and the people of the Riverlands Settlement if she hopes to save her mentor. Meanwhile, Chancellor Nuro finalizes a diabolical plan that threatens to destroy the entirety of Yorubaland in his greedy hunt to capture Iyanu, also known now as the Chosen One!"--Publisher.
Series
Iyanu volume 3
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Iyanu, a teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities told in the folklore of her people. It is these abilities that are the key to bringing back an "age of wonders," as Iyanu begins her journey to save a world on the brink of destruction! The Corrupt--cursed wildlife and strange, divine beasts--are determined to destroy humanity, unless Iyanu can stop them."-- provided...
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Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Part of the YouNeek YouNiverse! Extraordinary fantasy and superhero stories inspired by African history, culture, and mythologycreated by the best Nigerian comics talent!
Following the exploits of queen and military commander Malika, who struggles to keep the peace in her ever-expanding empire, Azzaz, this historical fantasy is set in fifteenth-century West Africa and created by an all-star team from Nigeria.
Growing up as a prodigy, Malika...
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
What happens when you infuse the likenesses, ambitions, and desires of legendary warriors and conquerors with an advanced AI?Well, you get a psychotic android named AVON, who goes rogue and concocts a plan to "reset" humanity!
E.X.O. Volume 2 picks up right where it's award-winning Afrofuturist epic predecessor left off, as Wale Williams--aka tech-savvy superhero EXO--tries to save humanity! An Afrofuturist superhero story about redemption set...
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Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"E.X.O. Volume 2 picks up right where it's award-winning Afrofuturist epic predecessor left off, as Wale Williams--aka tech-savvy superhero EXO--tries to save humanity! An Afrofuturist superhero story about redemption set in the bustling metropolis that is Lagos, Nigeria--with a creative team that's also from Lagos!"-- provided by publisher.
Series
Iyanu volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Part of the YouNeek YouNiverse! Extraordinary fantasy and superhero stories inspired by African history, culture, and mythologycreated by the best Nigerian comics talent!
Iyanu, a teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities told in the folklore of her people.
It is these abilities that are the key to bringing back an "age of wonders," as Iyanu begins her journey to...