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Author
Language
English
Description
When Aisha's fisherman father goes missing, she takes to the sea on a skeleton boat to rescue him. Guided by a talking scholar's cat, who sparks her interest in the mysterious House of Rust, she encounters three monsters hidden beneath the waves. All Aisha wants is for things to return to normal. But a showdown with the father of all sharks looms, and at home, things only grow stranger.
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories by the Kenyan writer covering the period of British colonial rule and resistance in Kenya to the experience of independence and including two stories that have never before been published in the United States--Provided by publisher.
4) Sulwe
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but her encounter with a shooting star helps her understand there is beauty in every shade
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A magical journey where readers encounter eight animals that come alive. Using an innovative lenticular-based technology, precision sliding lenses, and original four-color video imagery, each image is like a 3-D movie on the page, delivering a rich and fluid visual experience.
Author
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 8
Language
English
Description
Targeted by a hitman and under threat of his past being exposed by the media, Alex reluctantly turns to MI6. But their help doesn't come cheap: they need Alex to spy on the activities at a GM crop plant. There he spots Desmond McCain, a high profile charity organizer, who realizes that Alex is on to him and the real plans for the money he's raising. Kidnapped and whisked off to Africa, Alex learns the full horror of McCain's plot: to create an epic...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Set in Kenya against the fading backdrop of the British Empire, a story of self-discovery, betrayal, and an impossible love. After six years in England, Rachel has returned to Kenya and the farm where she spent her childhood, but the beloved home she'd longed for is much changed. Her father's new companion--a strange, intolerant woman--has taken over the household. The political climate in the country grows more unsettled by the day and is approaching...
9) Kenya
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Young readers will learn all about the country, Kenya.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author of Dust comes a vibrant, stunningly global novel about a young woman struggling to find her place--a poignant exploration of fate, mortality, love, and loss. On the small island of Pate, off the coast of Kenya, lives a girl named Ayaana. She is solitary and stubborn--she and her mother, Munira, are outcasts from the insular local society--and her kitten is her main companion. When a wizened sailor named Muhidin, also...
11) Kenya
Author
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo, an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This title introduces beginning readers to the country of Kenya. The book covers Kenya's geography, capital and largest cities, exciting animals, and its most popular sports. Complete with large, full color photographs, a large map, and more exciting landmarks to explore.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"In City of Thorns, Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the camp and to sketch the wider political forces that keep the refugees trapped there. Rawlence combines intimate storytelling with broad socio-political investigative journalism, doing for Dadaab what Katherinee Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers did for the Mumbai slums. Lucid, vivid and illuminating, City of Thorns is an urgent human story with...
14) Out of Africa
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
1983
Edition
2nd Modern Library ed.
Language
English
15) Nairobi heat
Author
Series
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Local police Detective Ishmael--an African-American in an 'extremely white' town--suspects the crime is racially motivated; the Ku Klux Klan still holds rallies there, after all. But then he gets a mysterious phone call: 'If you want the truth, you must go to its source. The truth is in the past. Come to Nairobi.' It's the beginning of a journey that will take him to a place still vibrating from the genocide that happened around its borders, where...
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Language
English
Description
"On an ordinary Friday afternoon in 2016, a three-pound baby boy, Ryan, wrapped in pink was brought to Kimbilio. He had been born prematurely earlier that week. His mom passed away while giving birth, and neighbors miraculously kept Ryan alive on water alone for five days until they brought him to the hospice. Juli and her husband, Titus, brought Ryan to their home to care for him, simply wanting to make sure he would survive. When Ryan was six months...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones Ekarae
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera ediciaon.
Language
Español
Description
When Handa, who lives in a Kenyan village, spends the night with her friend Akeyo, they hear all sorts of noises, but Akeyo assures Handa that the sounds all come from the members of her family, although a look outside the hut would prove differently.
Author
Publisher
Ekaré
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1. ed.
Language
Español
Description
La historia de Wangari Maathai, ecologista y ganadora del Premio Nobel de la Paz.
This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.
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