ENGLISH NOVELS The Summer of Toffie
and Grummer E. Bulbring Techno-savvy and full of attitude, Beatrice Wellbeloved is less than delighted to hear that she is going to spend her Christmas holidays with her recently widowed grandmother, Grummer, at a small town near the sea. But
with the boy down the road, Toffie Appel, who emerges as her side-kick, finding a new husband for Grummer becomes their secret mission. Join Beatrice Wellbeloved as she discovers that all is not what it seems, and the best laid plans can go wrong …
Suitable for Grades 7 to 10 e-pub
978 0 19 598135 3 978 0 19 905039 0
The Heart of Redness Z. Mda The novel is based on a real and catastrophic event in our history, when, in the 1850s, a 16-year-old prophetess, Nongqawuse, instructed the Xhosa nation to kill their cattle and destroy their crops to assure an abundant future. Mda tells a moving and extraordinary story about
a family caught up in the events of the 1850s, and their descendants’ continuing struggles in the 1990s. This is a unique exploration of history, a celebration of love and nature, and a profound comment on our future.
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oxford.co.za Suitable for Grade 12 and university courses
e-pub
978 0 19 571477 7 978 0 19 040141 2
Ways of Dying Z. Mda A ground-breaker in South African fiction, this tragi-comic novel is written in the magic realist style. Set against a backdrop of city slums and a rural community, it tells the story of Toloki, the eccentric but dignified professional mourner, and his beautiful and beloved Noria.
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oxford.co.za Suitable for Grades 10 to 12
e-pub e-pdf
978 0 19 571498 2 978 0 19 040806 0 978 0 19 907625 3
The Madonna of Excelsior Z. Mda This novel is set against the background of the notorious 1971 case in which nineteen citizens of Excelsior in the Free State were charged with breaking apartheid’s Immorality Act, which forbade sex between black and white. In an extraordinary
alchemy of words into art, Mda tells the story of a family at the heart of the scandal.
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oxford.co.za Suitable for Grades 10 to 12
e-pub Zakes Mda
Zakes Mda is a multi award-winning and internationally acclaimed writer of fiction and drama, and a sought-after academic. Born in the Eastern Cape in 1948, Mda has studied and worked in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Lesotho and the United
States. Married with four children, he now devotes as much time as he can to writing. He has made a major contribution to the development of drama through his writing, teaching and productions, and to fiction through the richly original novels listed here.
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www.youtube.com/oxfordsouthernafrica for some fascinating conversations with Zakes Mda as he chats about his award- winning titles.
Chasing the wind D. Stewart Jodie, a teenager from a township on the outskirts of Plettenberg Bay, is determined to learn more about the father who abandoned her. This is a moving exploration of loneliness, friendship, and the need to find one’s identity, by an award-winning author.
This novel has been prescribed for the classroom. Suitable for Grades 7 to 10
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978 0 19 570962 9 978 0 19 907981 0
Dream Chariot B. Hough Paul van Zyl is in Grade 7 when his father dies suddenly, and his comfortable world is turned upside down. This poignant novel by an award winning author offers valuable insights on coming to terms with difficult changes.
Suitable for Grades 7 to 10 e-pub
4 Oxford University Press South Africa
978 0 19 570899 8 978 0 19 599482 7
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978 0 19 578315 5 978 0 19 907720 5
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