Akata witch (2011)

Sunny, an American-born girl living in Nigeria, discovers a magical community that changes how she understands her abilities and her place among friends. Okorafor makes learning sociable, competitive and dangerous, with Igbo language and Nsibidi script among the work's particular textures. Choose it for the energy of young people finding out what they can do. It starts the Nsibidi Scripts series for younger readers, with a violent threat beneath the excitement of discovery.