This is something many young readers (and many older ones) will relate to. She writes about living between worlds – Ghana and America, childhood and adulthood, the magical and the mundane – and about navigating the liminal spaces to find one’s own identity when one feels like they belong partly everywhere but completely nowhere. Brown has stepped up to the plate and delivered us this homerun of novel! This is a book I have been craving for at least thirty years, when I first learned about Ghanaian mythology and wished I had more adventure stories about it to share with my middle school students. And the Abomofuo are top-notch, world-class vampire slayers that put Van Helsing to shame. (Or sometimes the gods are terrifying and the monsters are magnificent.) The magic makes so much sense yet is absolutely revelatory. Adinkra symbols are a beautiful, powerful way of thinking about the world. I have always loved the folklore of Ghana. And a conclusion that will leave you screaming, “Where is the sequel?” With this book, you don’t have to choose only one option, because Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Vampire Hunting has all of the above! She is on her own against blood-sucking fiends of both the monstrous and middle school variety. There might actually be adze in Rocky Gorge - but now Serwa is cut off from her parents and any possibility of magic assistance. Just when Serwa thinks she might be able to handle all that, her old problems come back to haunt her too. You think you’re tough? Wait until you meet Rocky Gorge Middle School. After an unthinkable attack, Serwa’s parents send her to her cousin’s house in the middle of nowhere to live like a normal kid and – THE HORROR – go to sixth grade.
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She is full-on option ‘A.’ She has spent her life learning to slay vampires, accompanying her parents on dangerous missions wherever the ruling council of Okomfo sends them, and just waiting for the day when she will get her own adinkra tattoo that will mark her as a full member of the Abomofuo – the ancient and powerful Ghanaian order of vampire slayers. If you chose ‘B,’ what are you thinking? B is clearly the more dangerous option.
Would you rather:Ī) Live with your parents as they travel the world, hunting vampiric monsters called adze, learning to handle a battle ax and sword and drawing magical adinkra symbols, knowing that you could die any minute. Would you rather: A) Live with your parents as they travel the world, hunting vampiric monsters called adze, learning to handle a battle ax and sword and drawing magical Grab Your Sword and Your Spaghetti. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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