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Zahrah the Windseeker.
Mar. 10th, 2010 19:06Okorafor, Nnedi. Zahrah the Windseeker. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005.
Since I enjoyed The Shadow Speaker thoroughly, and since Okarafor is a Guest of Honor at WisCon 34, which I'll be attending, I wanted to read more of her books. Zahrah the Windseeker is Okorafor's first novel; it's loosely connected to The Shadow Speaker in that it takes place in the Ooni Kingdom of Ginen, the planet to which in the later book Earth has become more closely connected. For young dada girl Zahrah, whose vine-shot hair marks her out as different no matter how much she wants to fit in, and her friend Dari, whose curiosity and acceptance of Zahrah's difference (and her burgeoning abilities of flight) makes him unusual, Earth is a legend; they're far more interested in the Forbidden Greeny Jungle, the borders of which are only a mile outside of their town.
( Cut because cuts are policy now )
Since I enjoyed The Shadow Speaker thoroughly, and since Okarafor is a Guest of Honor at WisCon 34, which I'll be attending, I wanted to read more of her books. Zahrah the Windseeker is Okorafor's first novel; it's loosely connected to The Shadow Speaker in that it takes place in the Ooni Kingdom of Ginen, the planet to which in the later book Earth has become more closely connected. For young dada girl Zahrah, whose vine-shot hair marks her out as different no matter how much she wants to fit in, and her friend Dari, whose curiosity and acceptance of Zahrah's difference (and her burgeoning abilities of flight) makes him unusual, Earth is a legend; they're far more interested in the Forbidden Greeny Jungle, the borders of which are only a mile outside of their town.
( Cut because cuts are policy now )