Kòkú Àkànbí and the heart of midnight
Adébísí, Maria Motúnráyọ̀2023
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After cynical 13-year-old orphan Kòkú accidentally releases a demon on a trip to the British Museum, his uncle sends him to Olori, the West African land of origins, for the summer. Cursed with a weird name and an illness to match, Kòkú thinks life can't get any worse. His sickle cell anaemia has always left him feeling unwanted and powerless, and now he's being parcelled off to a country he barely remembers. But when Kòkú arrives in Olori, he finds himself in a land of endless sun and powerful magical tribes - and on the wrong side of a war.
Main title:
Kòkú Àkànbí and the heart of midnight / Maria Motúnráyọ̀ Adébísí ; illustrated by Simone Douglas.
Author:
Adébísí, Maria Motúnráyọ̀, authorDouglas, Simone, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Orion, 2023.
Collation:
386 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781510111431 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FJF/PBK
Local class:
FIC.J
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3470936