In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends have earned a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball. They kick. They dribble. They run. They score. These clever boys are football champions! But when a crew of bullies tries to steal their ball, will Ajani and his friends be able to beat them at their own game?
Author: Mina Javaherbin |
"John Bul Dau and his wife, Martha, describe the hardships they experienced, including violence, famine, and war, while growing up in the Sudan and explain how they escaped the region to start a new life."
Authors: John Bul Dau and Martha Arual Akech with Michel Sweeney and Karen Kostyal |
 "A picture book biography of scientist Wangari Maathai, the first African woman--and first environmentalist--to win a Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004), for her work planting trees in her native Kenya. Illustrations."
Author: Jen Cullerton Johnston, |
 Chased after by the prince and his soldiers for a crime she did not commit, Nefertiti finds temporary refuge in the wild hills along the Nile's west bank before returning to the royal court to plead her case to the Pharaoh. The sequel to "Sphinx's Princess (2009) concerning Nefertiti.
Author: Esther Friesner |
