• The Step-Monster

    Everyone knows stepmothers are bad, wicked and just plain evil. Buerki Puplampu cannot believe that her widowed father is getting remarried when her mother has not even been dead for long! She just knows that Naadu Nartey is wrong for her father. It isn’t even because Naadu is bigger than a hippo or because she laughs like a cow or has hair on her face and chest like a cavewoman. She just knows. Some people call that feeling intuition, some call it superstition, soem even say it’s a gift. Call it what you want but Buerki’s gut feelings have never failed her. She vows to do everything in her power to save her younger brother and herself from the fate she knows is awaiting them. They will not be maltreated or abused by this new woman. She will make sure of it.

  • Taking A Stand (The Judacan Adventures 6)

    When a secret is uncovered, Nagela is angry enough to want payback. She wants the offender to feel her anger and humiliation but is revenge her answer?

    Dorm mate Joy, on the other hand, is doing all she can, to make a difference until she lets the feelings of others railroad her away from focus.

    Both girls are taking a stand but for what? The girls are back…

  • Back to School (The Judacan Adventures 5)

    It is the stand of a brand new year and the commencement of the second term. The girls are excited to return to school (most of them anyway). They are red up; new classes to attend, extracurricular activities to engage in, seniors to outwit and teachers to please.

    They can't wait to share all their holiday experiences with their mates; and who is the new girl in St. Frances Dorm 6?

    Judacan girls are going 'back to school' and banking on an eventful term.

  • Shadows of the Term (The Judacan Adventures 4)

    The term is drawing to an ed. The Form 1 girls have to go through counseling to choose the right field of study. The rest of the school prepare for and take their end of term exam. As with everything at JUDACA, everyday is an adventure.

  • Miss Fresher (The Judacan Adventures 3)

    Joy loves her role as a lady in shining armour; ready to race in and save her dorm mate Diane from classroom tyranny. Or is she secretly worried? Freshers' Night is back on and St. Francis House is not have a walk in the park. Which house will emerge as the overall winner? And who will take the all important Ms. Fresher crown? The twists and turns continue at St. Jude's Academy for Girls.

  • Justify Your Inclusion (The Judacan Adventures 2)

    “Miss Freshers” has been postponed for reasons yet to be known, the girls are disappointed. However they do no have long to dwell on their letdown; an impromptu exam, “Justify Your Inclusion”, has to be prepared for.

    Each of the girls has a reason to excel, what is the outcome?

  • Book Set: The Judacan Adventures (Books 1 – 6)

    Popular amongst upper primary pupils, The Judacan Adventures Bookset detail the adventures of Nagela in a hitherto unknown world of boarding school at St Jude’s Academy, having been bundled to a new school in a new environment. Can she survive?

    Titles in this collection (6)

    Freshers’ Welcome
    Justify Your Inclusion
    Miss Fresher
    Shadows of the Term
    Back to School
    Taking A Stand

  • Freshers’ Welcome (The Judacan Adventures 1)

    Nagela St. James has been bundled into a boarding school all the way in Africa. She has left everything and anything that makes sense to her. In this first book of a series, let us join her in her adventure into an unknown world of boarding school with her and her friends.

  • 3 Siblings and Josh’s Journey

    Age Range: 7 – 12 years

    Book #4 in the 3Siblings series

    Joshua is having time of his life. He is visiting the United States for the first time (sans his family). He visits the ‘Big Apple’ and then goes on to the ‘show me state,’ where he will live for three months with the Billings family. Joshua must adjust to living in America and learn to make friends. This will the hardest thing he has ever done. Join Joshua on his trip to the United States. You might learn something.

     

  • 3 Siblings and a Cousin

    Age Range: 7 – 12 years

    Book #2 in the 3Siblings series

    “Shut up and listen. Did you just hear Mum, inviting Catherine dearest to spend Christmas with us?”

    “And?” Joshua asked.

    “Earth to Joshua, Catherine cannot come here!” Naomi exclaimed.

    “And how do you plan to stop her from coming, short of us moving?”

    “That is why I need your help; we have to tell Mum that Catherine cannot come.”

    “Naomi, leave me out of your schemes. I’m not interested. I don’t care if Catherine comes or not.”

    “What do you mean, Joshua? My problems should be yours too and have you forgotten so soon…”

    Who is Catherine? And why does her pending arrival have Naomi in a bellyache?

  • 3 Siblings and Family

    Book #3 in the 3Siblings series

    The 3 Siblings are at it again; Joshua is preparing for his Basic Examination, he’s walking around like he has the whole world on his puny shoulders.

    Naomi acts like a jealous wife when her father’s old girlfriend comes to town.

    Matthew is having social problems of his own that he has no idea how to solve.

    Let’s catch up on our favourite 3 Siblings as they disentangle themselves from their day-to-day challenges with the help of each other and their family.

  • The Golden Forest

    Suitable for upper primary pupils and children between 9 and 11 years

    River Dansu takes away Kwabena’s lime and gives him a fish instead. Kwabena loses one thing after another until he finds gold, becomes very rich and finds a cure for his disease.

  • Who Told the Most Incredible Story: Vol 5 – Why Tigers and Leopards Do Not Mix and Other Stories

    54 folktales in five volumes are in the series and are all illustrated in colour.

    These amazing tales will preoccupy both children and adult minds, anywhere. The stories are simple, visualising the world through narration. They provide deep insights into human life, with emphasis on the essence of African lifestyle and ways of understanding. Among others, they hold a mirror for readers all over the world to see who we were and who we can become, while thinking of who we are.

    Drawn from the oral tradition these tales will appeal to both children and adults everywhere. This delightful collection, the result of years of field research work that partly informed courses the author taught in African and Oral Literature, shapes her first creative writing project.

    Written in straightforward and engaging language, the author weaves the stones out of the cultural fabric woven by the ancestors with authenticity. To make it easy rooting for readers across ages, these remarkable narratives are beautifully and colourfully illustrated, adding an intricate layer to the material.

    “Each tale entertains and creates a context for creative and innovative learning. The collection is therefore highly recommended for enjoyment and study by everyone – thinkers, political scientists, writers, theologians, sociologists and anyone who appreciates the African way of life”. – Dr. K. B. Maison (Nana Kobena Nketsia V)

  • Who Told the Most Incredible Story: Vol 4 – The Spread of Wisdom and Other Stories

    Age Range: 12 – 15 years

    54 folktales in five volumes are in the series and are all illustrated in colour.

    These amazing tales will preoccupy both children and adult minds, anywhere. The stories are simple, visualising the world through narration. They provide deep insights into human life, with emphasis on the essence of African lifestyle and ways of understanding. Among others, they hold a mirror for readers all over the world to see who we were and who we can become, while thinking of who we are.

    Drawn from the oral tradition these tales will appeal to both children and adults everywhere. This delightful collection, the result of years of field research work that partly informed courses the author taught in African and Oral Literature, shapes her first creative writing project.

    Written in straightforward and engaging language, the author weaves the stones out of the cultural fabric woven by the ancestors with authenticity. To make it easy rooting for readers across ages, these remarkable narratives are beautifully and colourfully illustrated, adding an intricate layer to the material.

    “Each tale entertains and creates a context for creative and innovative learning. The collection is therefore highly recommended for enjoyment and study by everyone – thinkers, political scientists, writers, theologians, sociologists and anyone who appreciates the African way of life”. – Dr. K. B. Maison (Nana Kobena Nketsia V)

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