Zahrah the Windseeker is a young adult fantasy novel and the debut novel of Nigerian American writer Nnedi Okorafor, published in September 2005.
[2] The novel takes place in the fictional northern kingdom of Ooni, located on the planet Ginen, where technology is made using plants.
The doctor prescribes a serum made from an unfertilized Elgort (a huge dinosaur-like creature) egg as the only cure for Dari's ailment.
Zahrah escapes from home with the digibook and her compass to the forbidden greeny jungle in order to obtain an Elgort egg.
After staying in the village of the gorilla, where technology is forbidden, she is told that only the rude shining pink frog can tell her how to get an Elgort egg.