Otolorin Akinro is a thirteen-year-old intersex teen from Ibadan, Nigeria. His lot in life is rife with suffering, imposed upon him by overly zealous family members, for having the audacity to be born different. Fueled by the desire to escape, he convinces his spiteful parents to let him attend one of Nigeria's top boarding schools, but struggles with hiding his true self as well as concealing his feelings for his best friend and roommate.

An Ordinary Wonder is a sensitive coming-of-age story with a unique mythology. It delicately explores the challenges synonymous with adolescence especially for someone outside the boundaries of 'normal' but it also inspires hope from a place of unrelenting misery.