Fourteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii sets off across the Sahara in 2070 in search of her father's killer, and discovers a greater purpose to her life and to the mystical powers she possesses.
Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
In a post-nuclear-holocaust Africa, a clan of aggressive people, the Nuru, plan the total destruction of the Okeke; but one member of the tribe manages to escape and wanders into the desert where she gives birth to a daughter, whose special powers will allow her to put an end to the genocide of her people.
Fourteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii sets off across the Sahara in 2070 in search of her father's killer, and discovers a greater purpose to her life and to the mystical powers she possesses.
Zahrah, a timid thirteen-year-old girl, undertakes a dangerous quest into the Forbidden Greeny Jungle to seek the antidote for her best friend after he is bitten by a snake, and finds knowledge, courage, and hidden powers along the way.
