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Find your superpower
Tọlá Okogwu introduces the ‘Find your own superpower’ challenge and reads from ‘Onyeka and the academy of the sun’
About Tọlá‘s book, ‘Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun’
‘Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun’ is the first in an exciting and empowering superhero series written by Tọlá Okogwu. This book tells the story of Onyeka, a girl who has often felt insecure about her hair, until she finds out that it is in fact her superpower. She is sent by her mother to train at the Academy of the Sun in Nigeria where she makes friends, who have powers just like her, and finds herself in the middle of an epic battle…
“I close my eyes, trying to push the power bubbling in me back down…Hairbands snap as my hair shoots out like superfine arrows, tearing through everything in its path.”
Can you ‘Find your own superpower’?
Imagine what your superpower would be. Would it be a hidden power? Would people know you had a superpower? What would it be like to walk down the street knowing you had a superpower that nobody knew about but you? Try it next time you are out and about!