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Books > Local Author Showcase > Fiction - kids & teens
In the future, the world has flipped. Ravaged by the Conflagration, this is a harsh world where the relentless sun beats down, peoples lives are run by a heartless elite and law is enforced by a brutal brigade. A mark at the base of the spine controls each persons destiny. The Machine decides what work you will do and who your life partner will be. In this world, everyone must make their contribution. Some more than others. Juliet Seven - "Ettie" - will soon turn 15 and her life as a drudge will begin, her fate-mate mate will be chosen. Like everyone else, her future is marked by the numbers on her spine. But Ettie decides to challenge her destiny. And in so doing, she fulfils the prophecy that was spoken of before she even existed. (For 14-16-year-olds)
Nog ’n fantastiese Storieman omnibus is hier! In hierdie uitgawe lees ons weer van Timmertak en Abigael die spinnekop se avonture. Daar is ook gunsteling-stories soos “Simon se kanaal”, “Die laaste vlentertjie reënboog”, “Oom Stoffel eet by ’n towenaar”, “Die parasol” en “Die vriendelike beer”. Geniet ook nog ’n lekker Liewe Heksie-storie en word betower deur sprokies soos “Die gemmerbroodman” en “Duimelize”.
John Stanford’s life as a farmer in wild places has given him a fine sense of how animals and humans get along together (or don’t). These seven tales, expressively illustrated by Meg Jordi, will appeal to adults and children and animals alike.
In hierdie omnibus, wat nog drie gewilde Trompie-stories bevat, word die sproetgesig Grootkaptein en die Boksombende se avonture voortgesit! In Trompie die hoerskoolseun maak die Boksombende ’n plan om geld in te samel om vir Rooie ’n fiets te koop. In Trompie die dromer word die bende bedreig – deur ’n meisiekind! Trompie, die Grootkaptein en meesterlike planmaker, is smoorverlief en sit heeldag net en droom. In Trompie die speurder kom Trompie en Rooie op skelms af wat fietse steel. Trompie agtervolg die diewe en beland in ’n groot penarie. Sal Trompie hierdie gevaarlike avontuur oorleef sodat hy weer saam met sy manskappe onder die blou hemel kan vergader? Die ondeunde Trompie het ’n sjarme wat tot oud en jonk spreek en nuwe lesers sal dadelik deur Trompie en die Boksombende se avonture meegevoer word!
Hierdie omnibus-uitgawe is ’n versameling van die gewildste verhale uit die bekende Storieman-reeks. Dit sluit die oorspronklike voorlesings op twee oudio-CD’s in, sodat almal heerlik saam kan lees en luister! By die huis, of in die motor ... Storieman is daar! In hierdie uitgawe verskyn gunstelinge soos “Wikus te Goede”, “Die astrante snyertjie”, “Die standvastige bliksoldaatjie” en “Die keiser se nuwe klere.” Kom lag lekker saam met stories soos “Liewe Heksie en die Koekoekie” en “Spokie van Boosgelegen” en word betower deur sprokies soos “Elf wilde swane”, “Die tonteldoos” en “Die Groen Jonkvrou van die meer”.
In hierdie omnibus, wat nog drie gewilde Saartjie-stories bevat, word Saartjie Baumann, die langbeenmeisie met die wipneus, kuiltjies in die wange en duisende duiweltjies in haar oe, se avonture voortgesit! In Saartjie se donkie besluit sy om vir die dorp se seuns te bewys sy kan beter as enigeen van hulle donkie ry. In Saartjie se nuwe maat maak die Drie Muskiete kennis met die parmantige Gail Smith wat spog dat sy alles net so goed soos Saartjie kan! En in Saartjie se slim plan besluit Saartjie sy wil darem ook voel hoe dit is om ’n modepop te wees. Die Drie Muskiete kry haar ma se grimering beet en dan klop Galpil aan die deur. Saartjie is seker sy gaan sy voete onder hom uitslaan, maar sy reaksie is nie wat sy verwag het nie... Saartjie het ’n sjarme wat tot oud en jonk spreek en nuwe lesers sal dadelik deur Saartjie en die Drie Muskiete se avonture meegevoer word!
Zucchini Street is a street just like any other street. Okay, maybe not
quite. After all, it’s the street where Zack Berry lives.
Amper Einstein is die storie van twee broers: Leonard in graad 10 en die sesjarige Micha, wat aan outisme ly. Toe Micha se outisme by sy nuwe pre-primere skool (die soveelste een) gediagnoseer word en dit daadwerklik behandel en hanteer word, begin dinge regkom. Leonard vind dit egter wel moeilik om gefokus te bly op sy ideaal om eendag ingenieur te word. Hy is 'n slimkop en hy en sy groepie "mede-geeks" by die skool droom om die jaarlikse brugboukompetisie vir hoerskole te wen, sodat hy ’n beurs kan kry om ingenieurswese te gaan studeer. Daar is ook 'n romanse wat ontwikkel tussen Leonard en Hannelore, een van die "geeks" in sy span. Die tema van outisme en Asperger-sindroom is baie goed uitgebou. Op 'n onopsigtelike en goed geintegreerde manier leer die leser meer daaroor, en dit bereik een van die belangrike doelwitte van hierdie tipe boek: bewusmaking van so ’n toestand en die afbreek van stereotipes en vooroordeel.
Die Storieman-reeks wat in die 1980s deur Leon Rousseau uitgegee is, was ongetwyfel een van die grootste kinderboeksuksesse van ons tyd. Hierdie omnibus-uitgawe is ‘n versameling van die mooiste en gewildste plaaslike- en feëverhale uit die bekende Storieman-reeks. Dit sluit die oorspronklike voorlesings op twee oudio-CD’s in. Kom luister in hierdie uitgawe saam na geliefde verhale soos “Fritz Deelman en die verlate tuin”,“Racheltjie de Beer” en “Ou Meneer Springer”, asook na die klassieke “Jakkals en Wolf”-stories. Hier is ook sprokies soos “Rooikappie” en “Raponsie” om weer van nuuts af te betower! Storieman is so ontwerp dat selfs die jongste kind dit kan gebruik. ‘n Ghongslag klink elke keer wanneer die bladsy omgeblaai moet word, sodat dit maklik is om die storie in die boek te volg. By die huis, in die motor . . . Storieman is daar! Honderde aanhangers wag reeds opgewonde vir hierdie opwindende nuwe uitgawes!
Die Mak Maniere van Wilde Diere is ’n boek om kinders deur die avonture van Suid-Afrika se wild te inspireer. Met stories van olifante wat trou of slange wat in knope vasgebind word, ontlok hierdie plaaslike kindertitel 'n gevoel van verwondering. Hierdie vier kortverhale, wat gemik is op ouderdomme 5-10 jaar, vorm 'n prettige wêreld van dieremanewales. Met pragtige illustrasies van Annerina de Beer; die verhale is geskryf deur 'n ma van twee met die doel om 'n liefde vir stories by Suid-Afrika se jong generasie te kweek.
Kwax gesels met Frikkie Vleipadda wat vir hom sy familiegeskiedenis vertel. Hy vertel vir Kwax dat die oeroue amfibieëvoorvaders groot en lomp was en gesukkel het om op land te beweeg en te lewe. Die interessante deel van amfibieë is dat hulle nog nie eiers met doppe ontwikkel het nie. Hulle gaan dus terug water toe om hulle eiers daar te lê en wanneer die eiers uitbroei, kom daar vissies uit! Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:
Lake of Memories is the second book in the Shadow Chasers trilogy. It’s an African fantasy adventure ̶ one part family saga, one part hero's quest. Zithembe has to find his knife to rescue his mother from the evil Army of Shadows. The only way to find it is to go to the Lake of Memories in the dreamworld, where it guarded by the evil Mama Wati water spirits. Without a knife of his own, Zithembe can’t go to the dreamworld, so his friend Nom and his cousin Rosy have to take their lives in their hands to help him …. Deliciously creepy, fast, fun and a blast to read. Get this for the reluctant reader in your life right now!
Nisa Qamar is 11 year old, and she loves ice cream and books. She has a new spring in her step for the new school year. She lives in Johannesburg with her mum, Zainab, her sister Aisha and twin brothers, Isa and Ali. Nisa loves her school more now that the mystery of the troublemaker has been solved. Everyone knows her as the brave young person who saved the Iqra Academy of Excellence from the Master of Jinniaville. There’s a new adventure around every corner, and just when she thinks it’s going to be a peaceful year, she catches her younger sister Aisha acting very strangely. Will Nisa ever figure her out? At a netball tournament, Nisa makes new friend, Jihan, who introduces her to the Rainbow Healers’ Society where she meets new friends. She enters into a whole new world of secret teachings and together, they find hope for the children of Jozi. Now if only she could figure out what’s up with her younger sister, Aisha...
Oom Fanie se plaas het te klein geword vir al sy seuns en vir Martiens en Piet, die twee oudstes, was dit tyd om uit te spring en hulle eie potjie te gaan krap. Nou moet hulle hul eie plaas van die grond af opbou, paaie en kampe aanle, opstalle bou en heelwat uitdagings trotseer. Gelukkig is hulle nie alleen nie: 'n Vriendelike sersant genaamd oom Lafras en sy regterhand Phefeni gaan kom aftree op die plaas. Maar sal die leeu wat elke nag sy teenwoordigheid bekend maak, vir hulle een uitdaging te veel wees?
Die aarde is soos 'n ruimteskip saam met al die ander planete in die ruimte op reis. Die groot verskil tussen planeet Aarde en die ander planete is dat ons planeet in die ruimte duisende vorme van lewe saamdra. Flex verduidelik vir die Flixies van die bane waarin die planete om die son wentel en hoe die vorm van hierdie bane sorg dat ons verskillende seisoene het waarin die plante kan rus en kan groei. Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:
Uiteindelik kan Daniël en sy vriende vir ’n naweek na die plot gaan en ontspan – en sommer ook wegkom van Peet wat al weer op hulle spoor is. Maar Daniël se sussie, Chrissie, is siek met iets wat aansteeklik lyk en die dokter het gesê hulle mag nie naby haar kom nie. Daniël vind die perfekte oplossing: Hulle kan langs die rivier kamp! Terwyl hulle met binnebande in die rivier afdryf, sien hulle iets wat verdag lyk by oom Giel Larson se plek. Dalk is dit niks, maar sê nou die oom is werklik in die moeilikheid. Hulle rustige kampnaweek raak baie vinnig baie gevaarlik wanneer hulle gaan ondersoek instel … Kamp is nie vir sissies nie!
What on Earth am I? is Lara Salomon's and Megan Bird's first children's book together, investigating complex topics, like identity, diversity, and existentialism, for kids. It is a wonderful picture book for children with more questions than answers about the world. The book follows a young child’s over-active imagination, which often leaves them confused as to what kind of creature they are. They try their very best to discover the answer by recalling the many creatures that they've read about in their storybooks and fairytales. I've been reading all these stories, and they've got me quite confused. Because they feature all these creatures, and I'm really not amused.
Die Flixie-stories is geskryf en word in die skole gebruik om twee groot krisisse aan te spreek: ’n omgewingskrisis en ’n geletterdheidskrisis. Ons planeet Aarde is in die nood en jong lesers en hul opvoeders moet bewus gemaak word van biodiversiteit en ons almal se verantwoordelikheid om te sorg vir die kwaliteit van lewe op Aarde. Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:
THANDO Weber is a half South African and half Swiss nerdy girl with hopes of going to the best university in Switzerland like her father did. She is also the last surviving descendant of the Watchers of Realms, a powerful race of light beings who watch over the Milky Way galaxy. Her mission is to find her lower-self, and her higher-self to complete her triad, so that she may bond with them and be the next Dreamer – an interdimensional traveller and protector of the Earth Realm. Tortured by the transformation of moving from human to Dreamer, THANDO hallucinates, sleepwalks, and suffers sleep deprivation, which destroys her dreams of tertiary education. On one mundane high school day, she loses consciousness and plunges into a coma, not from exhaustion but because she encounters her lower-self and higher-self simultaneously. She starts her training to be a Dreamer, experiences challenges and travels through South Africa to find ways to release her latent superpowers. As she trains, the Kryona terrorises people around her to get to her. On her journeys through South Africa, she meets powerful creatures of old, ancient water spirits and primordial dragons who help her with her training. She is guided to traditional healers to assist her and comes across other traditional healers who betray her due to influence from the Kryona. Through her adventures, she learns about her mother’s Zulu culture and inches closer to her goal, but will it be enough?
Our superhero's journey continues as we see him reunited with his family back home in Langelihle, Eastern Cape. Soon after Kwezi arrives, following a confrontation with his parents and a fall out with Azania, he is made aware of a scared , mystical mission which he must undertake in order to ascend to his truer, higher self. Meanwhile in the Namib desert, en route to seek counsel about the unravelling prophecy, Mohau and Khoi encounter "The Three Pillars", inter dimensional guardians who will stop at nothing to protect the seer. Back in the Gold City, something sinister is quietly brewing through the vicious hands of Mr Mpisi. Will Kwezi find what he is looking for in his misson and will Mohau and Khoi find their way to the great seer?.
Crumple the hatmaker meets an unusual friend named Crumbs. The holier-than-thou gnomes are unfriendly toward Crumbs, because they don’t know him. Will they ever buy hats from Crumple again?
On June 16, 1976, Hector Pieterson, an ordinary boy, lost his life after getting caught up in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Black South African students were marching against a new law requiring that they be taught half of their subjects in Afrikaans, the language of the white government. The story’s events unfold from the perspectives of Hector, his sister, and the photographer who captured their photo in the chaos. This book can serve as a pertinent tool for adults discussing global history and race relations with children. Its graphic novel style and mixed media art portray the vibrancy and grit of Hector’s daily life and untimely death. With powerful sequential art, debut author-illustrator Adrienne Wright tells Hector Pieterson’s story and recounts the heartbreaking events that woke up the world and helped lead to the end of South Africa’s apartheid. |
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