and the war is truly over

even when it's the first day of a brand-new school

WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE in SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

"There’s more imagination on a page of Nnedi Okorafor’s work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics

SHAWN PRYOR (Cash and Carrie) and PAULINA GANUCHEAU (Zodiac Starforce)

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