Zahrah the Windseeker in Around the World in 80 Books

Sep 27, 2015 Deedee marked it as to-read

Shelves: year-2005, speculative-fiction-20-or-more, title-contains-q-x-or-z, o, young-adult-fantasy-and-sf, n3, young-adult, middle-grade, afro-futurism, z2

Lexile 720L
IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 11.0

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Feb 01, 2016 Joseph rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, 2015-winter-bingo, read-in-2016-02-february

I would not have read this book if it had not been mentioned in Jim C. Hines's Revisionary. I'm glad it was. This was a fun, creative story that kids who like fantasy would certainly enjoy. I liked that it had had strong, female character and an exciting adventure for her to go on. FYI, the answer is forty-four. That machine was off by two. Read this fantasy and you'll understand. ...more

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Nov 13, 2012 Nikki rated it really liked it

Shelves: african-authors, 2013-reads

A solid middle-grade book, I guess. A few technical things annoyed me (too many exclamation marks in the beginning, repetitive explanations/parts that were too tell-y vs. showy) but that's probably how middle-grade books are, especially when told in first person--it's been a while since I've read them.
Overall, the story was a fun read; in fact, at some point, I got that delicious feeling where I was compelled to keep going despite how late it was getting.
I wanted to rate it 3.5 stars but 1/2 s ...more

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