Mayowa and the Fire of Speech
The second title in a dazzlingly imaginative adventure trilogy about one girl's power to change the world through the magic of book-jumping and the power of words. 8+ fans of Pages&Co., Amari and the Night Brothers and The Book of Stolen Dreams will be captivated.

Eleven-year-old Mayowa is spending the summer in Nigeria visiting her family. While there, she meets her mysterious great-aunt, Iya Ibeji, who introduces Mayowa to the true power of words using the art of esin l'oro.

In Alaafia, outside of Lagos, her aunt has made a mini paradise. With her guidance, Mayowa learns esin l'oro: how to change and shape reality through spoken words.

But when oil is discovered near Alaafia, the paradise her aunt has created is threatened. Mayowa and her family must work together to save Alaafia before it's too late …
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Mayowa and the Fire of Speech
The second title in a dazzlingly imaginative adventure trilogy about one girl's power to change the world through the magic of book-jumping and the power of words. 8+ fans of Pages&Co., Amari and the Night Brothers and The Book of Stolen Dreams will be captivated.

Eleven-year-old Mayowa is spending the summer in Nigeria visiting her family. While there, she meets her mysterious great-aunt, Iya Ibeji, who introduces Mayowa to the true power of words using the art of esin l'oro.

In Alaafia, outside of Lagos, her aunt has made a mini paradise. With her guidance, Mayowa learns esin l'oro: how to change and shape reality through spoken words.

But when oil is discovered near Alaafia, the paradise her aunt has created is threatened. Mayowa and her family must work together to save Alaafia before it's too late …
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Mayowa and the Fire of Speech

Mayowa and the Fire of Speech

by Chibundu Onuzo
Mayowa and the Fire of Speech

Mayowa and the Fire of Speech

by Chibundu Onuzo

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Overview

The second title in a dazzlingly imaginative adventure trilogy about one girl's power to change the world through the magic of book-jumping and the power of words. 8+ fans of Pages&Co., Amari and the Night Brothers and The Book of Stolen Dreams will be captivated.

Eleven-year-old Mayowa is spending the summer in Nigeria visiting her family. While there, she meets her mysterious great-aunt, Iya Ibeji, who introduces Mayowa to the true power of words using the art of esin l'oro.

In Alaafia, outside of Lagos, her aunt has made a mini paradise. With her guidance, Mayowa learns esin l'oro: how to change and shape reality through spoken words.

But when oil is discovered near Alaafia, the paradise her aunt has created is threatened. Mayowa and her family must work together to save Alaafia before it's too late …

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526661074
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 06/04/2026
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Chibundu Onuzo was born in Lagos, Nigeria but moved to England as a teenager. She signed the deal for her first book, the Betty Trask Award-winning The Spider King's Daughter, at nineteen. Her second book, Welcome to Lagos, was published in 2016 and in 2018 she was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Chibundu's most recent novel for adults, Sankofa, was an October 2021 pick for the Reese Witherspoon Book Club. Mayowa and the Fire of Speech is her second children's novel.
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