SISTER SPIRIT BY EFUA TRAORE
paperback published by Zephyr 11th April 2024
ISBN 9781035907571
A supernatural thriller, blending African myth, friendship, romance and self discovery from prize-winning author Efua Traoré. Sixteen-year-old adopted Tara has questions about who she is, where she belongs, why she dreams. When her nightmares darken fears swarm like flock of ravens and she traces her visions to the ancient Olumuo Rock in Nigeria. It is a sacred place, full of magic, myth, and where whispers of the past linger. Travelling from England and enrolling in a boarding school at the foot of Olumo, Tara begin a journey to seek the truth of her roots and the spirits that pursue her.
MY REVIEW
Although this novel is for 12 years onwards, I absolutely loved every second of it. At the tender age of 5 Tara came home from school crying by being verbally bullied with the colour of her brown skin, that’s totally different to her parents. Then the truth comes out from Tara’s adoptive parents, she has another mummy. Tara’s dreams are very real like, with strange, gusts of wind, and her mattress felt like a hard rock. She was able to see a bright light, with seeing a strange woman, on a rock. But who was the woman in her dreams that she was seeing. After Tara’s weird dreams I knew she must be gifted with the spirit world through her dreams. This is Tara’s journey in search for her roots. I have always been interested in anything supernatural. Sister Spirit is one of the best spiritual novels that should be read with the light on! A fascinating, powerful story with African myth, a magical feeling, superstition, spirits, supernatural.
About author EFUA TRAORE
Efua Traoré is a Nigerian-German author of books for children and young adults which have been translated into numerous languages. She won the Times-ChickenHouse prize, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Zilveren Griffel, was shortlisted for the Waterstone Children’s Book Prize and her book was The Times Children’s Book of the Year.
Efua grew up in a small town in Nigeria. For as long as she can remember, her head was filled with little stories and songs, but it was not until much later that she began to write them down. She currently lives in Munich where she daydreams and writes in English and in German. If she had her way, she would travel much more and write every single day. https://www.instagram.com/efua.traore https://www.Twitter.com/EfuaTraore https://www.efua-traore.com
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