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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
An elephant hunter's chronicle of his safari into the interior of South Africa to search for a fabled diamond mine and to rescue the brother of the English gentleman who accompanies him across the deserts and mountains.
3) Prester John
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English
Description
South Africa, 1900. After his father dies, nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd is sent off to South Africa to earn his living as a storekeeper in the back of beyond. A strange encounter on the journey suggests that dark deeds and treacherous intrigues are afoot - all bound up with the mysterious primeval kingdom of Prester John. Written as a boys' adventure story and set mostly in South Africa (where Buchan had worked), "Prester John" was published in...
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English
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Marlow, the story's narrator, tells his friends of an experience in the British Congo where he once ran a river steamer for a trading company. He tells of the ivory traders' cruel exploitation of the natives there. Chief among these is a greedy and treacherous European named Kurtz, a man who has used savagery to obtain semi-divine power over the natives. While Marlow tries to get Kurtz back down the river, Kurtz tries to justify his actions and motions,...
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English
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The Story of an African Farm (1883) is a novel by South African political activist and writer Olive Schreiner. Her first published novel, The Story of an African Farm was a bestseller upon its release despite being criticized for its portrayal of controversial social, religious, and political themes. Part Bildungsroman, part philosophical fiction, the novel is recognized as a groundbreaking work for its exploration of feminism, atheism, and the influence...
6) The sea-hawk
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English
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The Sea-Hawk is a novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1915. The story is set over the years 1588—1593 and concerns a retired Cornish seafaring gentleman, Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. After being forced to serve as a slave on a galley, Sir Oliver is liberated by Barbary pirates. He joins the pirates, gaining the name "Sakr-el-Bahr" (the hawk of the sea), and swears vengeance against...
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Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry warrior, and where they even solve a riddle.
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Series
Akimbo series volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Akimbo and his park ranger father unintentionally capture a lion cub near an African game park, Akimbo wants to keep the cub.
10) Africa
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This book is an introduction to the unique people, plants, animals, geographical features, history, cultures, and today's tourism of Africa.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Full-color portraits illustrate the stories of ten people-rulers, educators, inventors, scholars, and explorers-who helped shape the African continent and the world from ancient times through the tumultuous sixteenth century"--
12) Swing time
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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An ambitious, exuberant new novel moving from North-West London to West Africa, from the multi-award-winning author of White Teeth and On BeautyTwo brown girls dream of being dancersbut only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It's a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never...
13) Sankofa: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"When Anna, wondering who she really is, discovers that the African father she never knew is still alive, she embarks on a journey to a small nation in West Africa where she searches for her family's hidden roots"--
15) South Africa
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English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about South Africa. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to South Africa! Hear the sounds of 11 official languages. See lions and elephants on safari. Try new sports like cricket and rugby. Learn about the people, places, and traditions of this diverse African country."--Provided by publisher.
19) Africa
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to Africa. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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