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A Bird on the Rose
“A child must attempt to break a snail, not a tortoise,” the elders have advised. But when Kofi Abbam and Rose Mana meet in inter-schools athletics’ competition, they are eager to defy tradition.
At a very tender age, and still in school with no means of subsistence, they decide to break a tortoise instead of a snail by engaging in an illicit affair. They drop out of school and get married, and as their children start arriving, their woes keep piling. Lack of subsistence causes these star-crossed lovers to engage in constant fights.
When Mana can endure it no more, she leaves the marriage with her children and refuses to come back home. Abbam who can’t endure the separation for a long time decides that both of them deserve to live no more.
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A Tale of Two Boys
Ajesiwor and his half-brother Padi, their rivalry mothers, and a troubled father live in the village of Ayimesu. A woman kills her own son instead of her rival’s son. What happened? This is a story of a household with lots of problems which teaches the need for peaceful association with our family members.
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The Temptation and Other Stories
Vincent was only nine years old when it happened. His friend, Mickey, always had money on him. Where did he get the money from?
One day, Vincent saw his sister’s bag in the room. What was in that bag? Maybe there was money in that bag! That was when the temptation started.
This story, like the others in this book, has a lot of lessons to teach us about the kinds of friends we need to have.
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Well Done, Abena
“Well done, Abena” says her father, mother and class teacher.
What has Abena done, that everybody says “Well done!”
Abena lived with her parents and two best friends: Lion King and White Beauty.
Her friends loved her very much and she loved them too.
Abena was a brillant and hardworking girl.
Was Abena able to sing when her Sunday school teacher asked her to sing?
She came from church and her father also asked her to sing.
Guess what happened!
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The Come Back
The Come Back is a novel written in an African setting. The book attempts to answer a grave question posed to the author by a former pupil of his who was at the time in her second year in the high school. “Sir,” asked the pupil, “why do people get spoiled when they get to the secondary school?”
Bernard, the protagonist, started well in a quiet, loving and godly home but something happened when he got to high school. What happened? What is wrong with our colleges and college students? How do we explain the peer pressure, rebellion, violence and moral decadence that have engulfed our youth and is collapsing the decent values of our society?
The author seeks to provide the answers as he brings out the issues, the causes and appropriate answers woven into this story in a thrilling, captivating and humorous style.
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The Rescue: An Anthology
Abena was a y0ung girl who felt that no one cared about her or loved her. On several occasions, she tried to commit suicide, but the urge to live still remained in her. Finally, she made up her mind to end it all by throwing herself down from the third floor of a school block. But her friend Esther saw her just in time!
Abo was in his small backyard garden when Mensima, a student he had known for only a few weeks, came by. He turned to look at her in a certain way, but that look was the mistake he made that day.
“I shouldn’t have turned to look,” he recalls, “for she left a picture on my mind, which became a snare for me.”
Abo’s fascinating story, told in detail and with suspense, will captivate you and make you wise about how not to be led astray by people you come into contact with.
These stories and other stories in this book are true-life experiences, and they come to encourage, caution and educate us on many aspects of life. These true events happened in private, but they are presented to you in boldness and in the open just so you will learn the lessons they learnt and escape as they did or didn’t.
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Gertrude
She had braved all odds to be in school. Now she was a lawyer and uncircumcised. When, for the umpteenth time, there was an attempted rape on her, she returned to her roots to appease both the living and the dead through circumcision as well as make it difficult for potential rapists to get at her.
Shortly after this irreversible operation, she met and married a man from another ethnic group, an ethnic group that did not want their wives circumcised and stitched up like chicken pudding.
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Solace
Solace was a happy child until her mother died. She was left in the care of her heartless step-mother and unsympathetic biological father. She grew up searching for love in all the wrong places, which landed her into a lot of trouble.
She was easily manipulated by men because she was denied the love and affection of her father when she was a child. She ended up being the concubine of a married man. Although her business innovations turned her into a very rich woman, her wealth was not able to release her from her bondages.
For without the Supreme One, how can one truly be free?
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Nice Things To Remember
What nice things do you want to remember? At home, at school, on the street, in the farm, when you travel, wherever you are, there are nice things to remember.
This book is for all children—to remind you about some of these nice things which you will like to remember
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When Mother Left: An Anthology
Elizabeth’s mother left the family never to return. Suffering under the heavy hands of her father, she wondered why life was so bitter for her until her grandmother visited them.
“Now you are old enough to understand it,” said grandmother. “Your father is treating you this way because of what your mother did to him!”
What did her mother do, and how did that affect innocent Elizabeth and the family?
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Until Sammy changed his attitude in a very strange way, he and Oppong were closer than brothers.
Now what has come over Sammy? Where from these deadly intentions? After the sudden turn of events, Oppong has to bear the pain of losing his bosom friend and strive to adjust to his new way of life. Years later, Sammy returned from the unknown seeking to be pardoned, but how delayed was the pardon?
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These stories and other stories in this book will give you a better understanding and appreciation of some of the little things, that make life worth living. Enjoy the reading!
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Missions Accomplished
Kwamena is in trouble. The mosquitoes have multiplied in the town in which he lives, and there is the threat of malaria outbreak. How did the parents of Kwamena react when they came back from their travel to find their son in serious trouble? Enjoy Kwamena’s adventure and other short stories in this book.
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A Girl Says No! – An Anthology
Efua, a young and charming student, never dreamt about doing the things some other girls did to get money. She relied on her father for all her financial needs, but now that her father has refused to care for her, what was she to do? Could she continue to say NO to all the temptations coming her way?
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Kwame was dangerously broke. The bills kept piling up, the debtors kept coming, and tension rose to unbearable proportions. What would he do? He believed in miracles, but he didn’t expect one so soon. But when it came, he couldn’t believe it. Where did this large sum of money his son brought home come from?
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You are in for a real adventure as you read these and other short stories in this book.
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The Forest Village
Bibi’s life was changed forever when her mother was sacked from their village. As tradition demanded, she was forced to go and live with her father’s family. She found consolation in a forest nearby until something terrible happened.
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Wounded Stranger and Other Stories
This book is a collection of short life-experience stories laden with interesting details and moral lessons. The lives and journeys of the characters will both intrigue you and teach you some important lessons in everyday life
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Ossie’s Dream
2014 Second Place Burt Award for African Young Adult Literature
Ossie and his brother Nana Yaw become destitute when tragedy strikes their family. Ossie refuses to work as a farm labourer and runs away. Six-year-old Nana Yaw is taken away to live as a househelp in the city. Later, Ossie finds himself on the streets of Accra. He strives to fulfill a promise he made long ago against the odds.
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