Somadina
Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi is a novel published by Random House on April 15, 2025, featuring 304 pages in English. The story is set in a magical West African world and follows a teen girl, Somadina, who must save her missing twin brother, Jayaike, while grappling with her own emerging powers that evoke fear in her community. As the twins come of age, their magical abilities develop, leading Somadina into a perilous journey filled with challenges and the need to confront her identity.
Readers will find a narrative that explores themes of family and social issues, as Somadina faces hostility and danger in her quest to locate her brother. The journey takes her through the Sacred Forest and into hidden realms where few dare to tread. This edition presents a rich blend of fantasy and social commentary, inviting readers to engage with the complexities of identity and the extraordinary elements of their world.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award finalist and author of Pet comes a novel set in a magical West African world, about a teen girl who must save her missing twin while learning to navigate her own terrifying new powers.
Somadina and her twin brother, Jayaike, are practically the same person: they finish each other’s sentences and make each other whole. When the twins come of age, their magical gifts begin to develop, but while Jayaike’s powers enchant, Somadina’s cause fear to ripple through her town.
Always an outsider, Somadina now faces blatant–and dangerous–hostility. And things go from bad to worse when her brother—the one person she trusted—vanishes. Somadina knows that no matter the dangers, she must track him down. Even if it means entering the Sacred Forest. Even if it means grueling, otherworldly travel she may not survive. Even if it means finding the hidden places where those closest to the spirit world don’t dare to go. Does Somadina have the strength –within both her body and her soul — for the trying journey ahead?
National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi masterfully weaves a tale of family, identity, and the power of the past, in a world where the extraordinary is ordinary.
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