MAYOWA AND THE SEA OF WORDS

277pp., b/w illus., paperback, Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2024

ISBN: 9781526661005

The first book in a trilogy for children. 

Ten-year-old Mayowa's grandfather jumps on books in private. She always thought this was unusual - until one day she jumps on a book and discovers that by doing this she can channel the emotions inside it into other people.

"Joyful and truly original’ Katherine Rundell, author of Impossible Creatures

"A future classic that fizzes with originality" A.F Steadman, author of the Skandar series

Chibundu Onuzo is the author of The Spider King's Daughter; Welcome to Lagos and Sankofa. Mayowa and the Sea of Words is her first novel for children.