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Books in Junior African Writers: Starters Level 0 series

  • Kagiso's Mad Uncle

    Keith Whiteley, Robert Geary

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, )
    None
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  • The Magic Pool

    Gaele Mogwe, Victoria Cooper

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, )
    None
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  • Twins in Trouble

    Amu Djoleto

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994)
    Kato Adama is his mother's favorite because he regularly brings her gifts of fruit, but his twin brother Lawo is always in trouble, especially the day a big angry man takes his street clothes, with his mother's prescription and the money to pay for it in the pocket, while he is playing soccer.Kato Adama is his mother's favorite because he brings her fruit, but his twin brother Lawo is always in trouble, especially the day a big angry man takes his clothes, his mother's prescription, and her money, while he is playing soccer
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  • Boy Who Rode a Lion

    James Ngumy

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994)
    Kamau, a young Kenyan who works as a shepherd on an Englishman's sheep farm, climbs a tree to hide from a lion, but when the lion falls asleep, he falls out of the tree onto the lion's back and cannot get off
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  • Winner's Magic

    Jenny Robson

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994)
    When Kenna goes to Masisi the wise man for help in winning the cross-country championship, he is given a magic necklace and told how to make the magic stronger
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  • The Buried Treasure

    Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994)
    Ola and her brothers have no money for school after their father is killed fighting for Biafra in the Nigerian civil war, until one night she dreams of where her father buried her mother's jewelry
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  • The Paper Chase

    Dianne Stewart, Lis Toft

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994)
    Jacob helps support his family by selling the Morning News on the streets of the city on Saturdays, but one week he forgets to weight his newspapers down and they blow away from him
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  • The Haunted Taxi Driver

    Kofi Sekyi

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994)
    Baba Oko believes he's being haunted by the ghost of a girl he hit with his taxicab
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  • Caught in the Act

    Patricia Sealey, Joanna Williams

    Paperback (Chelsea House Pub, May 1, 1994)
    Mpho shoplifts a chocolate bar in order to impress her friend Neo
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  • Jaws Starters Level 1: Mzee Na Kofia Yake

    Sarah Murray, Rod Ellis

    Paperback (Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks, )
    None
  • JAWS, Level 1: Thandi Goes to Town

    Merle-Anne Braithwaite

    Paperback (Heinemann International Literature and Textbooks, Dec. 30, 1995)
    One of a series of readers for African students which aims to help them to develop an awareness and a love of language, and consists of stories from all over Africa. In this story Thandi and her mother buy treats for the family. They also buy a chicken - and then the trouble starts.
  • JAWS Starters, Level 1: The Old Man and His Hat

    Sarah Murray, Rod Ellis

    Paperback (Heinemann International Literature and Textbooks, Jan. 17, 1995)
    None