A young adult novel that begins with a simple eutopia followed by an authoritarian dystopia before becoming a fantasy adventure based on African myth. Loose connection to 2005 Okorafor-Mbachu. With the publication of new edition the book became the first volume of The Desert Magician’s Duology followed by Like Thunder. The Desert Magician’s Duology: Book 2. New York: DAW Books/Astra Publishing House, 2023, which is mostly fantasy based on African myth.
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C6 -African American female author (b. 1974) of Igbo heritage.
C7 - 2007 CY - New York DA - 01/2007 LA - eng N1 -A revised and updated edition with a new introduction by the author was published New York: DAW Books/Astra Publishing House, 2023.
N2 -A young adult novel that begins with a simple eutopia followed by an authoritarian dystopia before becoming a fantasy adventure based on African myth. Loose connection to 2005 Okorafor-Mbachu. With the publication of new edition the book became the first volume of The Desert Magician’s Duology followed by Like Thunder. The Desert Magician’s Duology: Book 2. New York: DAW Books/Astra Publishing House, 2023, which is mostly fantasy based on African myth.
PB - Jump at the Sun/Hyperion PP - New York PY - 2007 RN -After this book was published the author dropped -Mbachu from her name.
TI - The Shadow Speaker ER -