The Shadow Speaker
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781423100331 (1423100336)
Publish date: October 2nd 2007
Publisher: Disney Book Group/Hyperion
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Teen,
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Africa,
Speculative Fiction,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic
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Much stronger than the first book! In near-future Nigeria, after a half-cataclysmic, half-utopian change that's merging Earth with fairy worlds (including Gimen, the setting of [book:Zahrah the Windseeker], Ejii goes on a journey to prevent an outbreak of war. Ejii is a shadow speaker: shadows tell...
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