Zahrah the Windseeker

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2005
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Eutopia. Young adult coming-of-age fantasy in which a young girl has to leave home to undertake a dangerous trip to bring back the cure for her best friend's snake bite. The eutopian setting is the community in which she lives, which, although far from perfect, is generally presented very positively. A related story is "From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7.” Clarkesworld Magazine, no. 32 (May 2009). http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/okorafor_05_09/

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2005

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
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Boston, MA
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2005 Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi[mma Nkemdili] (b. 1974). Zahrah the Windseeker. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. An illustrated version has been published in Lagos, Nigeria: Farafina, 2007. PSt

Eutopia. Young adult coming-of-age fantasy in which a young girl has to leave home to undertake a dangerous trip to bring back the cure for her best friend’s snake bite. The eutopian setting is the community in which she lives, which, although far from perfect, is generally presented very positively. A related story is "From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7.” Clarkesworld Magazine, no. 32 (May 2009). http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/okorafor_05_09/ African American female author of Igbo heritage.

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An illustrated version has been published in Lagos, Nigeria: Farafina, 2007.

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A related story is "From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7.” Clarkesworld Magazine, no. 32 (May 2009). http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/okorafor_05_09/

Author Note

African American female author (b. 1974) of Igbo heritage.

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