The Shadow Speaker
| Author | Nnedi Okorafor |
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| Genre | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy |
| Publisher | Hyperion Book (Children's Books) |
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Publication date
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October 2, 2007 |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 124156424 |
| LC Class | PZ7.O4157 Sh 2007 |
The Shadow Speaker (Sun/Hyperion 2007), is a young adult, first-person novel by Nigerian American writer Nnedi Okorafor, which takes place in the year 2070. The Shadow Speaker was a Booksense Pick for Winter 2007/2008, a Tiptree Honor Book, a finalist for the Essence Magazine Literary Award, the Andre Norton Award and the Golden Duck Award and an NAACP Image Award nominee.
Ejimafor "Ejii" Ugabe is a fourteen-year-old Muslim half Wodaabe half Igbo girl. She lives in the Nigerien village of Kwàmfa. Her father was once the hated dictator-like chief. She lives in the year 2070. The whole world is falling apart after a nuclear fall out in, quote, “the early twenty-first century”.
The author uses many references to religion. She uses the Many Minor Signs of the Apocalypse said in the Quran, such as guns not being available, a green haze that smells like flowers, among others.
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