Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
by Tolá Okogwu (Author)
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Booktalk: Onyeka has a lot of hair-the kind that makes strangers stop in the street and her peers whisper behind her back. At least she has Cheyenne, her best friend, who couldn’t care less what other people think. Still, Onyeka has always felt insecure about her vibrant curls…until the day Cheyenne almost drowns and Onyeka’s hair takes on a life of its own, inexplicably pulling Cheyenne from the water.
At home, Onyeka’s mother tells her the shocking truth: Onyeka’s psycho-kinetic powers make her a Solari, one of a secret group of people with super powers unique to Nigeria. Her mother quickly whisks her off to the Academy of the Sun, a school in Nigeria where Solari are trained. But Onyeka and her new friends at the academy soon have to put their powers to the test as they find themselves embroiled in a momentous battle between truth and lies…
Snippet: “Onyeka!”
I flinch, a prickle spreading across my scalp as Cheyenne’s impatience voice cuts through the panic rising in me.
“Come on, fam! While it’s still 2025.”
The already stuffy heat of the changing room grows hotter, and the sharp smell of chlorine stings my nose. I feel like throwing up.
“I’m not coming out,” I mutter at the thick wooden door separating us.
A quick shuffle of the feet, followed by a sharp knock. “The pool’s gonna close at this rate,” Cheyenne replies without any sympathy. “Have you got it on?”
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