Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun: A superhero adventure perfect for Marvel and DC fans!
Paperback Published on: 09/06/2022
Price: £7.99
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A charming adventure!
An empowering and fast-paced adventure, ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN is a book of self-acceptance of superheroic proportions. The titular Onyeka is a ... READ MORE
A Masterpiece!
Tola Okogwu has masterfully reinvented the magic school for children! It's vibrant, fun, original, and most importantly, somewhere I want to visit! My favo... READ MORE
X-men for a new generation
What an amazing book! Onyeka has battled with her hair for her whole childhood. Now she is about to learn it is her greatest strength. Set in London and Ni... READ MORE
The Start of a Fantastic X Men Style Adventure Series Set in Nigeria
Onyeka lives in London with her mum, who seems to be angry all the time. She won't talk about their past in Nigeria. She won't talk about Onyeka's father a... READ MORE
Exciting and refreshing!
Onyeka is a very unusual girl. She has special powers that manifest through her, usually very unruly, hair. When her powers properly manifest, she and her ... READ MORE
I love X-Men variants!
Onyeka is such an increíble main character! Her friends and their powers were so enchanting and I absolutely loved seeing them all learn more about themsel... READ MORE
Superhero fans unite!
A fun, ambitious superhero fantasy for 8+ readers reminiscent of X-Men and Black Panther, with a cast of fun, engaging characters and a protagonist you wil... READ MORE
Hair Power!
This book took me back to my childhood growing up in SE London. Oh, how I laughed! Next, readers are whisked away to Nigeria and a school for kids with mut... READ MORE
A super-powered mix of science, magic, mystery and adventure
I was absolutely not sold on this at all when I first came across it – super-powered hair did not do it for me and I was pretty sceptical that many young r... READ MORE
Synopsis
Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for June 2022
Black Panther meets Percy Jackson in this action-packed and empowering middle-grade superhero 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.
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...
Publisher information
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN: 9781398505087
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allNicely Written But It Needed More Nigeria and Less Predictable Boarding School
The opening of this book was brilliant. An immigrant single parent family, struggling in poverty in the UK. It was fascinating learning about her life, and... READ MORE
A brilliantly fresh superhero story
trust me, readers are in for a treat. Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun is a fantastically fresh superhero novel set in both London and Nigeria and Onyeka'... READ MORE
Brilliant Book
Onyeka has a problem and because of it every day is a bad hair day. People stop and stare as if they've never seen the like and, as a teenager, she wants t... READ MORE
Fabulous Read
Well this was an excellent read, definitely as good as I was lead to believe!
Great adventure! Fantastic characters! Fabulous pace throughout - you just re... READ MORE
Great fantasy book
This book follows onyeka who has powers that make hair float as seen on the cover. The book is fairly short but is entertaining and keeps the reades intere... READ MORE
Onkeya and the Academy of the Sun
When I got the email offering me a proof of this, I genuinely squealed because I was so excited and it really was such an excellent read. It follows a girl... READ MORE
A fantastically fresh superhero adventure
Hooray! Courtesy of Simon and Schuster, I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek of this much anticipated middle grade novel that I've heard so much about. A... READ MORE
good
Not too bad! not my favourite book, but it was a really good idea. I think i found it hard to connect with the characters, and none of them really stood ou... READ MORE
A review by a 10 year old
This was a good book, it was full of life and big surprises all the way through! It’s about four friends who all have their own magical powers, and they so... READ MORE
Amazing story for children
My seven year old daughter, is a big fan of this book. First bought it at a waterstone store directly before we did a 3 hour journey to Manchester. I've ne... READ MORE