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1) Sulwe
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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
Series
Alex Rider adventures volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Formats
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
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Hannah Higgins is convinced her summer is ruined when she is forced to travel to Africa and work in a remote village in Kenya with her mom and uncle ... Just when she thinks nothing could make this trip any worse, she learns people there are dying of hunger and preventable disease. Hannah becomes frustrated and wants to help ... "--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Etabo dreams of being a camel racer. One day he might even beat his older brother when they race. But with the price of water rising, Etabo's father must sell the camels, and his siblings must find work. What will Etabo do now?
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Juma is excited to go fishing with his grandfather, Babu Ali. But when they get to the beach, they find the sand covered in plastic pollution--flip-flops, plastic straws, toothbrushes, bottles, and shopping bags. One of the flip-flops floating in on a wave looks like a boat. That gives Juma and Babu Ali an idea. Based on the true story of the Kenyan dhow boat Flipflopi, this inspirational tale demonstrates how innovation, art, and determination can...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Jett is on a mission when he meets a young Kenyan boy and is tasked with getting him to school on time. But oh no! There has been a big storm, and they need to save the frightened animals that have been stranded before it's too late. This looks like a job for the Super Wings Build-It Buddies! --Publisher
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Mosquitoes don't bite Nala Simiyu. It's part of who she is, like being a half-Kenyan seventh-grader whose mother is in a wheelchair. But Nala's ability to repel mosquitoes attracts the interest of drug company scientists. Soon she's on a trip to Kenya to help investigate mosquito resistance in her father's family. Danger--and a kidnapper--intervene. Brave, fallible, compassionate and spirited, Nala is a strongly relatable character in a loving, imperfect...
8) Walking home
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When sudden political violence gets their father killed and destroys their home in Kenya, siblings Muchoki and Jata travel hundreds of kilometers in a desperate search for their last remaining family.
Author
Series
Greetings from somewhere volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Twins Ethan and Ella are in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, and there's another mystery to solve. Where are all the lions? Ethan and Ella spot lots of cool animals, but the one they're most excited about, they can't seem to find"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Wild rescue volume 5
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Twins Ben and Zoe are sent to Kenya to expose and stop the hunters who are killing elephants in the nature reserve for sport.
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 17
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
A lion cub is kidnapped while the Thea Sisters visit a Kenyan safari, and they must travel across the savanna to rescue him.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Muktar, an eleven-year-old refugee living in a Kenyan orphanage, dreams of tending camels again, as he did with his nomadic family in Somalia, and has a chance to prove himself when a traveling librarian with an injured camel arrives at his school.
Author
Series
Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 6
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Spy Jack Stalwart must stop the poachers in Kenya
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"A missing white giraffe brings Agatha Mistery and her cousin Dash to the heart of Africa. A rare species of white giraffe, venerated by the Masai tribe as a divinity, has disappeared from the savanna, and it's up to Agatha and Dash to find it! Together with a third cousin and safari expert, the pair must track down the poacher who has stolen the priceless animal."--Back cover.