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Form 2D: Term 2 – Grandma Police
Grandma Akpeko, Belinda’s paternal grandmother, arrived from Canada as expected. She was a very strict person. ‘A disciplinarian’, ‘A no-nonsense person’ and other titles were given to her by Belinda, her siblings and even her schoolmates! How did Belinda’s schoolmates get to know about Grandma Akpeko and nickname her ‘Grandma Police’?Find out in the fifth book in the Dyllis School Series.₵20.00 -
Bediako (Asante Twi)
Nhoma Bediako yi yɛ ayɛsɛm a efa aberante Kwasi Bediako abrabɔ mu nsɛm ho. Kwasi yɛ obi a n’awofo de Onyamesuro ne ɔdɔ tetew no. Osii so no, ɔwaree ababaa fɛfɛ bi a odwo na ɔbɔ ne ho mmɔden yiye nso ne no tenaa ɔdɔ ne asomdwoee mu.
Sika kakra baa Bediako nsam no, ofii ase bɔ fekuw bɔne. Ɔpam ne yere a ɔne no fii ɔbra ase no kɔfaa sɛbe, ɔbea kohwini bi betoo ne ho so. Ankyɛ Kwasi Bediako nyaa amanne kopuee Nkran afiase. Ne ho fii asɛm no mu no, Kwasi siim sɛ ɔrekɔ Abigyan akɔpɛ paa bi adi wɔ hɔ nanso abɛbrɛsɛ a ɛtoo no ɔkwan mu no amma wankodu hɔ. Ode ne ho kaa wura kɔtenaa Sahwi kwae mu baabi yɛɛ kua. Ɛho nso n’adwuma yɛɛ ɔkwa enti ɔsan n’akyi baa fie. Ɔbra ne Kwasi dii no nwenweennwen nanso akyiri yi na Bediako bɛdan ɔdefo kase.
Wotintim nhoma yi nea edi kan no, wɔn a wɔhwɛ Ɔman yi adesua so ne akyerɛkyerɛfo pii nyaa ayɛsɛm yi ne ne kyerɛw ho anigye mmoroso. Ne saa nti,wɔpaw Bediako se nhoma a ɛsɛ se sukuufo sua de yɛ ‘G.C.E.’ Twi sɔhwɛ. Nhoma yi mu nsɛm yɛ huam enti ebɛsi nnɛ dodow biara a wobetintim no nso to koraa. Eyi ama Owura Amarteifio asiesie nhoma dedaw no asesa mu ayɛ no kɛse kakra ama wɔatintim pii. Nhoma foforo no ni. Nokwa, Bediako yɛ nhoma a ɛsɛ se obiara to bi to ne sumii ase.
₵24.00Bediako (Asante Twi)
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Madam High Heel
Age Range: 9+ years
Every knew the mischief and cantankerous behavior of Agyekum at Sir Good Leaf Boys Academy, a school that prides itself for discipline and academic brilliance.
However, when his deviant behavior becomes anti-social to the point where he causes bodily, harm to the much-liked Ms. Philips, things had to change.
In comes the new substitute teacher, Ms. Helen Eel and, for once, Agyekum pranks cannot trip her
One night, the legend of madam high heels hits Sir Goodleaf. The ‘click clacks’ footfalls of the one high heeled, red-gowned ghost appear to scare everyone but Agyekum.
Will the much-dreaded Madam High Heels be able to reform the stiff-necked Agyekum, or would he meet a grimmer end?
₵45.00Madam High Heel
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Yɛse Yɛsee (Asante Twi)
This book is a collection of poems in Asante-Twi.
₵15.00Yɛse Yɛsee (Asante Twi)
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Me Ne M’akyinkyinakyinkyini Yi (Asante Twi)
This book is a novel written in Asante -Twi
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Expecting Ty’s Baby
Abandoned by her father at a young age, beauty therapist, Patricia Owusu, has learned the hard way that men can’t be relied on. She’s determined to make it on her own without falling into the cultural trappings of marriage. However, when she finds herself pregnant after a torrid love affair with African-American financial consultant, Ty Webber, she discovers one man’s resolve to stick around.
When Ty discovers Patricia is carrying his baby, he offers marriage, because real men take responsibility for their actions. He isn’t prepared for Patricia’s stubborn determination to make it on her own. But nothing will prevent him from claiming his child or the woman he considers his.
Can Ty convince Patricia to take a chance on him to help provide a loving home for their baby, or will Patricia’s mistrust lead her to miss out on true love and rob her child of the type of father she never had?
₵60.00Expecting Ty’s Baby
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The Perfect Couple: The Case of the Happily Married
The Blanksons are a happily married couple seeking divorce. Confused? Good! The Perfect Couple is a captivating tale of how vulnerable even the most established relationships can be. Welcome to a literary feast as the storyteller, Ebo Whyte takes you where no reader has gone before.₵80.00 -
A Question of Power (African Writers Series, AWS149)
“Your mother was insane. If you’re not careful you’ll get insane just like your mother. Your mother was a white woman. They had to lock her up, as she was having a child by the stable boy who was a native.”
It is never clear to Elizabeth whether the mission school principal’s cruel revelation of her origins is at the bottom of her mental breakdown. She has left South Africa with her son and is living in the village of Motabeng, the place of sand, in Botswana where there are no street lights at night. In the darkness of this country where people turn and look at her with vague curiosity as an outsider she establishes an entirely abnormal relationship with two men. A mind-bending book which takes the reader in and out of sanity.
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Awo the Sleuth and the Case of the Night Knocker
Age Range: 10 – 15 years
PAT-PAT-PAT, the sound came again!
“It came from the roof!” Owura said.
“Well, dear me, what could be on the roof at this time of the night?” Mrs Boahene murmured.
This vacation ten-year old Awo Boahene is determined to have a great many adventures. She loves mystery books and she is prepared to have many mystery-adventures while school is out.
But Awo soon learns that there’s a mystery-adventure coming right down to her doorstep – and it’s a frightful one! What is the dreadful PATTING sound that comes from their roof only at night – and why is there a terrible THUMPING at their front door but never anyone there? One thing is for sure – the Boahenes have a spooky visitor that comes in the dead of night and Awo intends to solve the mystery of the Night Knocker.
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Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
This Book captures the story of a simple weaver, Silas Marner, who is badly treated by members of his Church. As a result he leaves his native town and settles in the Village of Raveloe. Here, he lives a very lonely life but he accumulates a lot of money. One night, a thief enters his cottage and steals his money. Grieved by this, he leaves his door open in the hope that his money might come back to him……
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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.
₵25.00Ossie’s Dream
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Sintim
Age Range: 9+ years
Thirst for freedom from oppression motivates four young friends to confront an old tyrant and with the assistance of Nana Domfeh, a mysterious sorcerer figure. The new order finds Sintim the assumed leader of the quartet ascending the throne .However, he immediately loses the throne in a bloody battle and is forced into exile. Will this principled and selfless character regain the throne that he had been ordained by the oracle to occupy?
₵40.00Sintim
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Đe Modzaka: Book 2 (Ewe)
This book is a collection of four(4) illustrated folktales in Ewe
₵15.00Đe Modzaka: Book 2 (Ewe)
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The Black Hermit (African Writers Series, AWS51)
In this play, Remi, the first of his tribe to go to university, ponders whether or not he should return to his people. Or should he continue to be a black hermit in the town? Amidst the backdrop of a politically torn country, Remi himself is torn between his sense of tribalism and nationalism. This struggle runs deep, as he finds it at the heart of his afflictions between himself, his marriage and familial relations, and his greater sense of obligations to his people and the country. The overwhelming nature of these problems drives him into isolation as a black hermit. His self-imposed exile into the city leads him to find contentment in the Jane, his new lover, and nightly clubbing. However, after he is lobbied to return to the tribe, he must now confront the demons of his past.
The Black Hermit was the first published East African play in English. The play was published in a small edition by Makerere University Press in 1963, and republished in Heinemann’s African Writers Series in 1968.
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Junior African Writers Series Bookset Levels 1 – 2 (20 titles)
Develop literacy skills in your 8-17 year olds with exciting and engaging books for all reading levels.
The sentence structure and vocabulary has been carefully constructed to suit your students experience and age so that as they grow, so do their literacy abilities.
Titles in this set include (likely to change due to availability of titles):
Taxi to Johannesburg — Matlakala Bopape and Peta Constable (Level 1)
The Big Fight — Michael Cullup (Level 1)
The Frightened Thief — Amu Djoleto (Level 1)
The Midnight Caller — Anthony Umelo (Level 2)
The Hyena Valley — The Hyena Valley (Level 2)
The Secret of Nkwe Hill — Marcus Khama ter Haar (Level 2)
The Smile Thief — Fatou Keita (Level 2)
The Magic Pool — Gaele Mogwe (Level 2)
Happy the Street Child — F.M. Mlekwa (Level 2)
Kodua’s Ark — Yaw Ababio Boateng (Level 3)
The Ashanti Golden Stool — Ayebia Ribeiro-Ayeh (Level 3)
The Haunted Taxi Driver — Kofi Sekyi (Level 3)
Valley of Skulls — Anokye Wiredu (Level 3)
The Secret Valley — Mike Sadler (Level 4)
Paulo’s Strange Adventure — Barbara Kimenye (Level 4)
The Ivory Poachers — Linda Pfotenhauer (Level 5)₵360.00₵380.00