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Violence
A lot
Mass death by supernatural means, including the annihilation of Sankofa's village with graphic description of the corpses
Language
Barely any
Very little profanity
Sexual Content
None
None
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal
Emotional Intensity
A lot
A child loses her whole family and spends the book alone, feared, and used by adults
What this book is about
After a meteorite falls on her family's shea farm, Fatima becomes Sankofa, a child whose touch and gaze kill. Kirkus, which called the book "gripping," emphasizes that it reads "more like a folktale than science fiction" and that the violence, while lethal, is not dwelt on graphically. The exception reviewers flag is the early scene in which Sankofa's power wipes out her entire village, where the corpses are described in detail. Content-warning aggregators list childhood trauma, violence toward children, animal death, and colonialism. It is short, lyrical, and sad rather than frightening.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Death of a child's entire family and village, with corpse description
Animal death
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