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Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

Reader Score

82%

82% of readers

recommend this book

Winner:Hugo Award -Novella (2016)
She left her home for the stars, but found more adventure than she bargained for. A tense and intimate coming-of-age story in space.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Tordotcom
  • Publish Date: Sep 22nd, 2015
  • Pages: 96
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.90in - 4.90in - 0.30in - 0.18lb
  • EAN: 9780765385253
  • Categories: Science Fiction - Alien ContactScience Fiction - Space Opera

About the Author

Okorafor, Nnedi: - Nnedi Okorafor is an award-winning, New York Times-bestselling writer of mostly science fiction and fantasy for both children and adults. Her debut novel, Zahrah the Windseeker, won the prestigious Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. Nnedi has since won World Fantasy, Nebula, Locus, Eisner, Hugo, Lodestar, and Nommo Awards, amongst others, for her work. Nnedi has also written comics for Marvel, including Black Panther: Long Live the King and the Shuri series. She holds a PhD in literature, master's degrees in journalism and literature, and lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her daughter, Anyaugo.

Praise for this book

"Nnedi Okorafor writes glorious futures and fabulous fantasies. Her worlds open your mind to new things, always rooted in the red clay of reality. Prepare to fall in love with Binti." --Neil Gaiman, New York Times bestselling author of American Gods

"Binti is utterly captivating... [and] shows that one girl can change the course of the galaxy." --Michaela Gray, Geek Syndicate