Science fiction Young adult 2015

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy.

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What it is

Meeting beings from another world · you can't put it down

What happens in it

Alien contact

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How it's told

Who tells it
First person
Its world
An invented world

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you want something big, with room to breathe
  • you like a story that bends reality a little
  • you like reading with your heart in your mouth

Maybe not if…

  • you like to keep your feet on the ground

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