By Tolá Okogwu (author) Part of the Onyeka series
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Longlisted for the Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize 2023 | Shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards 2023 | Shortlisted for the British Book Awards 2023
Black Panther meets Percy Jackson in this action-packed and empowering middle-grade series about a British-Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers.
I close my eyes, trying to push the power bubbling in me back down . . . Hairbands snap as my hair shoots out like superfine arrows, tearing through everything in its path.
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Onyeka has a lot of hair – the kind that makes strangers stop in the street. She’s always felt insecure about her vibrant curls, until she makes an important discovery: she can control her hair with her mind!
Her mother quickly whisks her off to the Academy of the Sun, a school in Nigeria where Solari – children with superpowers – 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 . . .
Tola Okogwu is a journalist, author and Hair Care Educator. She has written for multiple publications, including Black Ballad, Metro UK, Huffington Post and Refinery29.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria but raised in London, England, she now lives in Kent and writes children's books, including the Daddy Do My Hair series, Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun and, under the pen name Lola Morayo, the Aziza's Secret Fairy Door series. You can keep up with Tola Okogwu on Instagram @tolaokogwu
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Fantasy / Magical, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations
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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun was written by Tolá Okogwu and published by Simon & Schuster Children's UK
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun has 297 pages
Yes it is part of Onyeka series
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