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Summary of New Set Books for Secondary Schools 2021

  1. Fathers of Nations by Oxford University Press

Fathers of Nations is a satire on contemporary African politics.

The world’s best researchers have discovered a way to develop Africa`Way Omega’. Now Africa’s heads of state are at a summit to approve it.

If they do, it promises Africa will start developing immediately.Unknown to the summit are aggrieved conspirators plotting to defeat Way Omega and replace it with a rival strategy `Path Alpha’.

Their path, they say, is the only way. Should the summit still follow Way Omega, or make a U-turn?

2. A Parliament of Owls by Christine Goff

The critically acclaimed Birdwatcher Mystery Series highlights environmental conservation through bird-related issues.

Angela Dimato, a tenacious U.S.Fish and Wildlife Agent, struggles to rebuild her life after the murder of her partner.

During a routine tour of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Angela assesses the growing prairie dog town within the wildlife refuge when, to her horror, she discovers the body of a soccer mom sprawled out among the burrows.

With her trademark instinct and her gun in tow, Angela investigates the murder, even as she battles the crippling flashbacks haunting her from her partner’s case.

The investigation takes a sinister turn when the dead woman is identified as the leader of a group petitioning for the eradication of the prairie dog town.

 As Angela digs toward the truth, she finds her only hope is to tap into the wisdom of the case’s sole eye witness–a burrowing owl–before more lives become at stake.

3. Cheche za Moto by The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation

Hadithi kuu inamhusu Mule anayekimbilia uhamishoni kwa kutuhumiwa kuandika riwaya ya Cheche za Moto na kuwa mpinzani mkuu wa serikali tawala

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