Book Club Selection: Akata Witch, by Nnedi Okorafor

[rachelmanija]

In March, we will be reading Nnedi Okorafor's Akata Witch. I have really enjoyed everything I've read so far by Nnedi Okorafor. This looks likely to be in the same playful, inventive spirit of her other YA and children's novels.

My review will go up in the first week of April. I hope. It would be great if you could write a review on your own blog and link here, as well as commenting to mine.

Comments

Your wish...

[ejmam.livejournal.com]

I wrote a review at
http://libraryfrog.blogspot.com/2012/02/late-developer-magic-akata-witch.html

I liked it, and I'll make another shot at having my seventh grader read it. The cover didn't impress him, and I only gave him a day to read it before the library wanted it back.

(I'll post this link again under your review, but I wanted to show you I was listening.)

Re: Your wish...

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thank you very much!

What did he dislike about the cover? Too young-looking?

Re: Your wish...

[ejmam.livejournal.com]

I think it was all the white; the only color is Sunny herself. Also, he has a bit of hesitation about books I recommend (despite that fact that I'm about 90% right for books he likes), so the one day pressure deterred him. The cover needed to grab him and force him to pick it up, probably by having some image of the bad guy or a sense of danger.

He's just attempted to make off with my NOOK, so I think I'll put the ebook version on there for him. He'll read it just for the excuse not to give me back my reader.