The book covers many themes, such as identity, humanity and friendship. Using her skill and knowledge she manages to befriend one of the Meduse and broker a peace with the alien race. However, her ship is attacked by an alien species known as the Meduse, which leaves her fighting for survival. The book follows the main protagonist, Binti, as she leaves Earth to travel intergalactically in space. It is followed by a further two sequels, Binti: Home (2017) and Binti: The Night Masquerade (2018).

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And eventually, she must return home to test the strength of the fragile peace she worked so hard to win.Ĭollected now for the first time in omnibus form-and introducing a new Binti story-follow Binti’s journey in this groundbreaking sci-fi trilogy.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. For this lone Himba woman, now bonded with a Medusa and forever changed by this bond, still must find a way to survive and thrive at Oomza University amid swirling interspecies biases. If Binti is to survive this voyage and save the inhabitants of the unsuspecting planet that houses Oomza Uni, it will take all of her knowledge and talents to broker the peace.īut even if Binti achieves this remarkable feat, it’s not the end of her story. There is more to the history of the Medusae-and their war with the Khoush-than first meets the eye. Now, Binti must fend for herself, alone on a ship full of the beings who murdered her crew, with five days until she reaches her destination. Despite her family’s concerns, Binti’s talent for mathematics and her aptitude with astrolabes make her a prime candidate to undertake this interstellar journey.īut everything changes when the jellyfish-like Medusae attack Binti’s spaceship, leaving her the only survivor. In her Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella, Nnedi Okorafor introduced us to Binti, a young Himba girl with the chance of a lifetime: to attend the prestigious Oomza University.

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