ENGLISH NOVELS
Mpho’s Search S. Braude Mpho, forced away from his home on a farm, travels to Johannesburg in search of his father. Life is tough on the streets; he makes the best of it and finds a good friend – but how is he going to find his father in this huge city? This story gives realistic and compassionate insight into the lives of street children.
Suitable for Grades 7 to 10 e-pub
978 0 19 570961 2 978 0 19 907529 4
Lost Boys W. van der Walt Trying to break away from gang life on the Cape Flats, Jan enrols at university, finds a rich, beautiful girlfriend, and moves into new digs. But his gangster friends won’t leave him alone … and to add to his troubles, he finds himself caring for an abandoned baby he finds at his new lodgings.
Suitable for Grades 7 to 11 e-pub
978 0 19 571518 7 978 0 19 040035 4
Quest for the Sacred Stone C. van Straten Tajewo’s home has been destroyed. His family is missing, and only the Sacred Stone can save them. But time is running out … In this spell-binding novel, award-winning author Cicely van Straten has woven together Kenyan mythology and a gripping adventure story.
Suitable for Grades 8 to 11 e-pub
978 0 19 571779 2 978 0 19 040429 1
The Jake Mulligan Detective Series
Who killed Jimmy Valentine? M. Williams When Jimmy Valentine is shot and left on the roof of his father’s Cape Flats taxi, his outraged community is determined to find the murderer. This fast-paced love and detective story confronts the nature of conflict and violence, and explores ways
of resolving them. This novel has been prescribed for the classroom in several provinces.
Suitable for Grades 8 to 11 e-pub
978 0 19 571404 3 978 0 19 040858 9
Hijack City M. Williams When a ruthless gang of hijackers strikes Cape Town, Jake’s new unit has to set things right. But something’s rotten in the police force, and the unit is poorly equipped. Then a lone vigilante begins assassinating hijackers. Who is Jake up
against when his partner’s been jailed, he’s told not to catch the prime suspect, and a criminal assassin is getting credit for him doing his job badly?
Suitable for Grades 10 to 11 e-pub
978 0 19 571591 0 978 0 19 040543 4
The Eighth Man M. Williams When Frankie Opperman – surfer, rugby captain, and Helderkloof High’s golden boy – is found drowned in the school pool, Jake Mulligan is called to investigate. He finds himself at the heart of a school in crisis, yet no one seems willing to help. This tense and
brilliantly choreographed story weaves its way through school rivalry and racism, loyalty, betrayal, and initiation into young adulthood with extraordinary insight and realism.
Suitable for Grades 9 to 11 e-pub
978 0 19 571834 8 978 0 19 040842 8
Other titles by Michael Williams
Crocodile Burning M. Williams Seraki Mandindi lives in a part of Soweto that’s terrorised by gangs. He becomes part of a successful theatrical group that performs on Broadway, New York. But success is far more complex than he realised …
Suitable for Grades 9 to 11 e-pub
978 0 19 570908 7 978 0 19 040904 3
Diamond Boy M. Williams “Diamonds for everyone” – that’s the promise that fifteen-year-old Patson and his family hear when they arrive in the illegal Marange diamond fields after a treacherous journey from Bulawayo. After plans fail, Patson becomes a diamond miner and teams
up with four friends, dreaming of the elusive, priceless stones that will change everything. But at what cost? When soldiers arrive at the mine, Patson’s world is shattered …
Suitable for Grades 9 to 11 e-pub
978 0 19 904904 2 978 0 19 907800 4
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