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What is it about?
Nathi is a Grade 10 learner who gets on well with his friends. He dresses in the latest fashions and likes going to parties. At a party Kebone and Nathi hook up. But something is wrong. What secret is Nathi hiding from his friends ... and from Kebone?
This story is an adaptation of Uit by Fanie Viljoen.
MindF**k
Set in South Africa, MindF**k is a powerful, disturbing, and at times frightening story. Chris Burns, and his friends - Kerbs and Sky Eyes - take to the road, heading for the MindFuck rock festival. Along the way they pick up the gorgeous Partygirl. Burns and Partygirl connect immediately. But on the first night, while the rock music blasts from the stage, something unexpected happens - his world gets turned on its head as one of the boys emerges from the tent with blood on his hands. And nothing will ever be the same again …
MindF**k is a real page-turner. The gripping, character-focused, first-person narrative delves right to the heart of a life on-the-edge and virtually out of control. Gritty, hard-hitting, and often shocking, it is packed with drama, emotion, suspense and intrigue from one page to the next. And there is a serious sting in the tail.
Buyisiwe feels like a stranger in the place he grew up. He simply cannot shrug the feeling of dread following him through the streets of London. And then he receives the terrible news. His mother can't take care of him anymore; he has to go and live with his estranged father, Themba, in Africa. Africa is not what Buyisiwe expected it to be.
It is a place of great beauty and splendour, magnificent animals and terrible danger. A scarred, man-eating lion prowls the game reserve, waiting for his next victim. The hunt is on. Who will survive? And will Buyisiwe finally find a place where he really belongs?
Slym en die Beker van Geluk
[Slime and the Cup of Good Fortune]
King Kwaak, the frog king, is coming to Paddavlei! And he is bringing the Cup of Good Fortune. Anybody drinking from it will be blessed with seven years of good fortune.
Slym and the other frogs in miss Plat Anna's class can't wait to see who is chosen to drink from he cup. But then something terrible happens ...
This is the third title in die exciting Slym series.
Publisher: LAPA
ISBN: 978 0799 345 025
Pages:84 with full color illustrations
Buy: At major bookstores or order from Kalahari.net , or directly from Lapa Publishers. You can also send an email to lapa@lapa.co.za or phone 012 - 401 0700.
Kaptein Hamerkophaai
[Captain Hammerhead Shark]
Ever wondered what would happen if you asked a really stupid question in class? Zelda bullied Devon into doing just that, but their innocent dare made Captain Hammerhead Shark appear…
This story was serialized in Die Burger newspaper during September and October 2008.
Children, teachers and parents eagerly awaited each week’s installment, which was supported by lesson plans and even sound clips, on the newspaper’s website.
You can still download the supplementary material from Klein Burger.
Publisher: Tafelberg Publishers (in Afrikaans only)
ISBN: 9780624045441
Pages: 78 with full colour illustrations by the author
Will you come out and play if the underworld calls your name?
Fanie's new youth novel Onderwêreld [Underworld] is available right now. This book was awarded with the Silver Sanlam prize for youth literature (Afrikaans) 2007 and an ATKV-Woordveertjie (2009).
If you liked BreinBliksem, then Onderwêreld is a must read!
“They know I was in their systems.
They know what I did.
They know who I am.”
The book is set at a private school for boys in KwaZulu-Natal where Greg Owen is head boy. At the start of their matric year a new pupil, an outsider figure called Eckardt, joins the class. Greg feels a strange affinity towards Eckardt and it is not long before they forge a strong friendship. Eckardt initiates Greg into the world of computer hacking. The author has done extensive research on hacking and this, together with a well written and well conceptualised storyline, makes for a thrilling read.
Do you know what's the secret ingredient in Petra's banana bread?
Winner: ATKV-Woordveertjie award for children's literature (2009)
Die geheime bestanddeel in Petra Pienk se piesangbrood [The secret ingredient in Petra Pink's banana bread] is now available in bookshops.
A few cups of flower and sugar, a dollop of butter, eggs, a teaspoon full of vanilla essence, baking powder, salt and of course . . . bananas – fresh ones – not rotten ones!
Ah yes, and . . . sjjjt . . . a secret ingredient.
All these things end up in Petra Pink’s Banana bread and it is not long before she is flooded by banana bread dough.
Also she realises somebody is trying to get hold of her recipe to find out what the secret ingredient is, and why Petra’s banana bread loafs are selling so well.
Would you also like to know what the secret ingredient is? Another one of Fanie Viljoen’s quirky stories that will keep the young reader guessing till the end.
Published in Afrikaans by Human & Rousseau publishers
ISBN: 9780798150132
Pages: 82 with full colour illustrations by Lize-Marie Smit and Anja Aucamp
Best Books’ exciting new reading series will capture learner’s imagination with excellent children’s books, short stories, poems, rhymes, dramas, jokes, folk tales and much more.
The series is available in English as the Enchanted Stone series, and in Afrikaans as the Kroonsteen reading series.
