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 strength of words. Eleven-year-old Mayowa is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime: a long-awaited trip to Nigeria to visit her family. But this isn't just any holiday. Ever since discovering her unusual gift — passed down from her British Grandpa Edward — Mayowa has been learning to harness a strange and brilliant magic. All she has to do is leap onto a book, and the emotions inside its pages surge through her, sweeping her into wild, unpredictable experiences. When she arrives in Nigeria, Mayowa quickly realises that her British relatives aren't the only ones with secrets. Her enigmatic great-aunt, Iya Ibeji, welcomes her to Alaafia, a peaceful haven just outside Lagos, and introduces her to esin l'oro — an ancient art that reveals the true power of spoken words. Under her aunt's guidance, Mayowa begins to understand how language