Akata Warrior

Akata Warrior
First edition
AuthorNnedi Okorafor
Audio read byYetide Badaki
IllustratorDesigned by Jim Hoover
Cover artistGreg Ruth
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Nsibidi Scripts #2
GenreYoung adult, fantasy
Set inAba, Nigeria
PublisherViking Books
Publication date
October 3, 2017
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, ebook, audiobook, kindle, audible
Pages477 pp
Awards
ISBN9780670785612
(hardcover 1st ed.)
OCLC973806811
813.6
LC ClassPZ7.O4157 Ah 2017
Preceded byAkata Witch 
Followed byAkata Woman 

Akata Warrior (retitled Sunny and the Mystery of Osisi in Nigeria and the UK) is a 2017 young adult fantasy novel by Nigerian American writer Nnedi Okorafor.[1] It is a sequel to Akata Witch (2011) and the second book in her The Nsibidi Scripts series; it's followed by Akata Woman (2022).[2] It won the inaugural Lodestar Award in 2018[3] as well as the 2018 Locus Award for Best Young Adult Novel.[4]

  1. ^ "Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor: 9780142425855 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  2. ^ "The Nsibidi Script Series - Nnedi Okorafor". nnedi.com. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  3. ^ "2018 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  4. ^ "Locus Young Adult Award". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2021-08-21.