J Onyeka and the Academy of the OKOG, T Sun Tọlá Okogwu
When twelve-year-old Onyeka discovers that she has psychokinetic powers, her mother reveals that she is Solari, part of a secret group of Nigerian mutants that trains at the Academy of the Sun.
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