The Scenic Route by Okorafor Nnedi

Author:Okorafor, Nnedi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2021-12-28T00:00:00+00:00

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By the time they stepped onto the sidewalk at the bottom of the tower, it was 4 a.m.

“You sure you don’t want to just call an Uber?” Sasha said with a big grin. “I mean, I’m totally fine if you prefer to have to tell your mom and auntie some really bad mega-lie that’ll—”

“Just call the damn kabu kabu,” she snapped.

He walked to the edge of the street, which was now busier as daybreak approached, and used some juju powder to draw the street symbol.

The kabu kabu that arrived this time was a sleek black SUV with an interior that looked made of snakeskin. It creeped Sunny out the moment she sat on it . . . because it was warm. “Buenos días!” the driver announced. He was light-skinned and his Afro was so bushy, it touched the SUV’s ceiling.

He started speaking to Sasha in rapid Spanish. Sunny turned to the window and looked up at the tower as they pulled away. She didn’t speak Spanish, so at least now she didn’t have to worry about saying the wrong thing and getting them taken to some crazy place.

“What a night,” she sighed.

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