Cover of Akata Warrior

Akata Warrior

core novel 2017 The Nsibidi Scripts

Record

First published2017
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statuscore
Reader rating4.22 (14,724 ratings, collected 2026-08-15)
Page count496
First-edition ISBN9780670785612
Internal chronology2

Where it sits

Awards (verified)

  • Locus Award (Best Young Adult Book), 2018: won; Confirmed via Reactor's (formerly Tor.com) own ceremony announcement post.

Notes

  • From the series record (The Nsibidi Scripts): Complete YA fantasy trilogy set primarily in Aba, Nigeria, following Sunny Nwazue and the magical Leopard People society grounded in Nigerian culture, folklore, and Nsibidi script magic. Akata Witch was published in Nigeria and the UK under the title What Sunny Saw in the Flames.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

  • Reading order, within the series The Nsibidi Scripts: position 2 of 3: previous Akata Witch (2011) · next Akata Woman (2022)

Sources

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