ECDE PRIMARY SECONDARY TERTIARY DICTIONARY
Storybooks
New Africa Readers is an exciting new series for young readers everywhere in Africa.

StarLit intro
StarLit Readers is a new series targeting lower secondary school students. The series is also recommended for other readers looking for hilarious modern stories told in a powerful and highly refreshing fashion. The readers in this series will certainly keep you turning the pages.
 
The Colour of Hope
the colour of hope “What betrayal! What deceit!” Princess Royal cannot believe that the man she has all along believed to be her father could commit the unspeakable crimes he commits against her; much less imagine that he would later invoke culture to justify them. Neither can the Niece-at-Court begin to understand how on earth her own mother could have abetted the sacrilegious sin that sent her fiancé running away from the Chiefdom. And all in the name of culture …



 


 
The Bizarre Bazaar
starlit - The Bizarre Bazaar Suddenly, something descended on me and everything went black! My first instinct was to fight but my struggle was short-lived. I must have lost consciousness. When I opened my eyes, it took a while for me to realize that I was lying on the ground. My arms and legs, I realized, were tied with ropes …
In this riveting story, an adventure at a funfare turns dangerous when Marto and Kevin find themselves embroiled in a kidnap and carjacking saga. Read more…

 

 


 
Shades of Life
Shades of Life Shellsea Kega has had everything going for her. She has known nothing less than royal upbringing. Fancy schools, expensive holidays and all that vast wealth can buy have been the summary of the life of this spoilt young girl. Snobbish and with a keen sense of class, she mingles with the high and mighty, in whose league her rich mother luxuriates.
Her fairy-tale kind of life comes tumbling like a pack of cards when her mother drives her to what strikes her as a godforsaken ghost of a school in the middle of nowhere.
“You can’t leave me in this terrible place! I cannot survive this! I will be miserable and will end up failing!” Shellsea protests.
“It’s for your own good,” her mother insists, as if to rub salt into her wound … Read more…


 


 
The Vendor

The vendor Ngaruwe, a reserved, unapologetic and fiercely independent newspaper vendor is at home in the squalid conditions of a sprawling city slum. His childhood nemesis, Adrian Gachomo – a venal man who never saw a boot he did not want to lick – is a big shot with business interests that bestride the city economy like a colossus. When the two cross swords, neither the blue chip companies in the city nor the shadowy organized criminal gangs can survive the whirlwind that ensues. The upshot is a deep story infused with big money, power, love and all that gratifies the materialistic soul. Read more…

 


 
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