Best-selling fantasy and sci-fi author Nnedi Okorafor will publish her middle-grade debut in 2020, EW can exclusively announce.

Okorafor ranks among the most acclaimed speculative-fiction authors currently writing.

He was determined to root out the criminals that had invaded the town.

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Credit: Penguin Young Readers

Nnamdi has vowed to avenge his father, but he wonders what a twelve-year-old boy can do.

How can he fulfill his mission?

How will he learn to control his newfound powers?

The news comes as Okorafor is in the thick of a number of Hollywood projects.

Ikengawill publish on August 18, 2020.

EW can exclusive reveal the cover above.