Books published by publisher Techmate Publishers Ltd. and Worldreader

Winner of the 2017 Anasoma Writing Contest, Monica Owoko has rewritten four Bible stories that demonstrate the remarkable roles women played in shaping outcomes in the Holy Book. In heroines such as Ruth and Esther, we see feminine strength and ingenuity as they are cast as leaders and protectors of their people. As Monica Owoko says in her introduction: "Their stories are inspirational, inclusive and demonstrate that God made all humans equal."An enlightening book for boys and girls who are looking for role models in the holy text.

The Ghost Engineer of the Railway Museum is an adventure story set at the Nairobi Railway Museum. One day, while on a visit to the museum with his family, Zeddy Chengo, while wandering through the old locomotives displayed in the museum yard, comes across a curious old man who not only claims to have survived a famous attack by the dreaded man-eater lions of Tsavo, but dares him to take a ride on one of the locomotives with him the coming Sunday. It is The Mount Shengena, the biggest locomotive at the museum, and which he claims to have revived into running condition. Thrilled, Chengo accepts, allowing himself to be lured into an adventure of a lifetime involving pirates and buried treasure... and skulls as well!

Madigolo Goes to School is the fifth story in a series of six supplementary class readers to be used with Keynote English, our rewarding primary English course designed for the new syllabus. The class readers will be useful with any course book and can also be read for pleasure outside the classroom setting. The other class readers for Standard Five are: My Tortoise Song (5A), A Sack of Money (5B), Brave Girls (5C), Mea and the Golden Egg (5D), and Neema and the Bird (5F).

Patience Acolatse is not amused when she learns that her ex-cousin, Rowena Quarshie, whom she hasn't spoken to in six years is going to move in with her family, share her room and attend her school. However, Patience has a big heart and she is prepared to befriend Rowena once again and pick up their frienship from where they left off. What she isn't prepared for is for her entire life to be turned upside down and inside out when Rowena gangs up with a group of girls and makes her life miserable. What does Patience do when she runs out of patience?

Winner of the 2017 Anasoma Writing Contest, June Mwikali has written a book about female empowerment in a man's world. After Sue Zipapa tells her handsome, successful, work obsessed boyfriend Carlos she wants out of their relationship, she embarks on an unexpected adventure as headmistress of the Sukkhuta Primary School. Can Sue transform the backwards village and its inhabitants and get them to work together to improve not just the school but their lives? Will Sue and Carlos reconcile after she has found her calling in this remote village?

Erick Livumbazi Ngoda won the 2017 Anasoma Writing Contest for his book Making the Team. It is an inspiring story about Jessica Apiyo Omulo, a young girl with a talent and passion for soccer. Although there is no soccer league for girls, Jess has short hair and a lean body and passes for a boy, excelling on the team. The book recounts Jess’s trials and tribulations as she works several jobs to help support her sick mother and younger sisters while practicing for. Will Jess get the scholarship she so passionately wants and deserves? Or will her gender and trouble with the law keep her from attaining her dream?

Kenneth Kaigua, winner of the 2017 Anasoma Writing Contest, has written an aspirational book about Kenya in 2037 when the first woman president has been elected. President Makena Akai is confronted with challenges, both personal and political, and she struggles to make the right choice for her children and for her country. Should she pay blackmailers and protect her daughter's indiscretion? Can she bring a divided and discouraged country back together? Is a woman capable of governing such a country? Can we hope for a better future for men and women?

Hali ya usalama katika kijiji cha Kisauni ilikuwa imezorota sana. Wenyeji walihitajika kuwa nyumbani kwao saa kumi na moja unusu jioni na hawakuondoka humo kabla ya saa moja asubuhi. Kadhia za uhalifu zilizoanza kuchipuka katika kijiji hiki ndizo zinazovuruga na kutikisa utando wa amani na hatimaye udugu ukayeyuka na kuisha kabisa. Hii ni hadithi ya kuonya vijana kwamba magenge ya uhalifu hayafai kabisa katika jamii. Ni kweli kwamba uhalifu haulipi chochote!

Furaha ya kila mwanandoa huwa ni kupata mtoto… Kibuka na Kalimuzo wanaishi kwa miaka kumi na miwili bila kujaaliwa kupata mtoto. Maadamu Mungu si Athumani, hatimaye wanajaaliwa kupata mtoto wa kiume wanayemwita Ziro. Je, mtoto huyu alikuwa chanzo cha furaha au huzuni kwa wazazi wake? Hii ni hadithi ya kuwaonya vijana dhidi ya uhalifu kama vile wizi kwani Ziro anapata adhabu ya joka anapoiba sanduku lililodhaniwa kuwa na pesa nyingi sana.