false 1212627 2 In West Africa in 2070, after fifteen-year-old "shadow speaker" Ejii witnesses her father's beheading, she embarks on a dangerous journey across the Sahara to find Jaa, her father's killer, and upon finding her, she also discovers a greater purpose to her life and to the mystical powers she possesses. 1201029 2 10 2007 The Shadow Speaker total:88|5:17|4:38|3:22|2:11|1:0| 88 325 191 31 2 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 11:30:34 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 09:45:26 -0800 2008
"There's more vivid im...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Apr 09 12:07:11 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 18:59:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Aug 16 07:29:58 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 07:31:40 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 07:22:30 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 07:42:48 -0700 2007 Zahrah the Windseeker, Ejii goes on a journey to prevent an outbreak of war. Ejii is a shadow speaker: shadows tell her se...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 04:41:55 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 10 18:24:33 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 17:39:02 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:04:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 16:08:14 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 14:51:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 27 19:27:30 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 24 21:53:16 -0700 2009 The Shadow Speaker to prepare myself for the M...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:39:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 14:13:46 -0700 2009 1 The Hathor Legacy that got me interested are copied here to inspire you as well:

"What’s also really fun is that she writes FROM theory (like Frantz Fanon!) ABOUT theory (like when she uses Eiji’s experiences as a meta-human girl to talk about s...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 12:13:06 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 12:48:49 -0700 2009
The world hasn't been the same since The Great Change, decades ago, when nuclear weapons were met with biomagical Peace Bombs that altered the fundamental nature of our earth and the abilit...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 06:15:51 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 06:16:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 12:20:04 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 12:21:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 08:50:59 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 13:58:12 -0700 2008
I wanted to badly to like this -- I want to support any specfic that comes out of cultures other than my own. But I just co...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Sep 12 18:17:55 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 14:16:28 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 18:17:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 18:51:22 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:51:22 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 07:19:03 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 07:19:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 09:22:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:38:32 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false true Wed Aug 13 13:44:22 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 13:34:16 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 13:44:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 09 20:50:53 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 20:54:24 -0700 2008
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This is desert fantasy for young readers, with a few ecological themes th...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1212627