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Index Indeks FICTION ∙ FIKSIE NONFICTION ∙ NIEFIKSIE LUX VERBI CHILDREN & YOUTH ∙ KINDER EN JEUG BEST BOOKS

ENGLISH NOVELS | ENGELSE ROMANS

FICTION | FIKSIE

Three Echoes MARINA AUER

Dr Sara Buhle is running from the aftermath of her own reckless decisions. When a baby is nabbed from a state clinic in Durban a few minutes after birth, Sara is pulled into the search by Vuyi Vilakazi, a rising detective from Hillcrest Police Station.

With time working against them, and rumours of muti murders hounding the investigation, Sara and Vuyi race from the city centre to an informal settlement in the hills of Hammarsdale. Meanwhile Sara’s private patients are in crisis, a mysterious caller keeps demanding hush money, and Vuyi’s SAPS partner has mysteriously gone AWOL. Mere minutes will make the difference between life and death, but the pair’s search for the missing baby is obstructed at every turn. Will the duo find the stolen newborn? And will Sara manage to keep the truth about her past choices hidden? After all, doing the wrong things for the right reasons is not wrong. Is it?

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MARINA AUER

DOUBLE EDGED

SINGLE MINDED

ISBN e-ISBN

ISBN e-ISBN

9780795710766 9780795710773

9780795710100 9780795710131

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780795711213 e-ISBN 9780795711220 Imprint Kwela Format Paperback / softback (234mm x 152mm) Pages 320

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780795711213 e-ISBN 9780795711220 Druknaam Kwela Formaat Sagteband (234mm x 152mm) Bladsye 320

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AFRIKAANS NOVELS | AFRIKAANSE ROMANS

FICTION | FIKSIE

Bloed van ’n vlinder MARIETA CARRICK

Wanneer suster Libby Lucas na Suid-Afrika terugkeer uit die Kongo waar sy vir Dokters Sonder Grense gewerk het, hoop sy dat dit vir haar ’n nuwe begin sal wees. En dat sy al haar geheime in die verlede sal kan los.

Maar sy het nog skaars in die trauma-eenheid

by Noordeberg Hospitaal begin werk, toe een van die verpleegsters vermoor gevind word – haar lyk in ’n oënskynlike uitbeelding van skoonheid gerangskik.

Skielik voel dit weer asof die onheil Libby agtervolg waar ook al sy gaan. En asof haar verstand met haar begin parte speel.

Loop die moordenaar dalk tussen hulle in die hospitaalgange rond? En wie stuur dreigende briewe aan Libby – briewe wat dit duidelik maak dat hulle van haar verlede weet . . .

When Sister Libby Lucas returns to South Africa from the DRC where she worked for Doctors Without Borders, she hopes it will be a fresh start for her. And that she will be able to leave all her secrets in the past.

But she has barely started working in the trauma unit at Noordeberg Hospital when one of the nurses is found murdered – her body arranged in an apparent depiction of beauty.

Suddenly it feels as if doom is following Libby wherever she goes. And as if her mind is starting to play tricks on her.

Could the murderer be walking among them in the hospital corridors? And who is sending threatening letters to Libby – letters that make it clear they know about her past . . .

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780795802850 e-ISBN 9780795802867 Imprint Queillerie Format Paperback / softback (234mm x 152mm) Pages 264

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780795802850 e-ISBN 9780795802867 Druknaam Queillerie Formaat Sagteband (234mm x 152mm) Bladsye 264

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ENGLISH NOVELS | ENGELSE ROMANS

FICTION | FIKSIE

Making A Killing BONNIE ESPIE

Winifred Staples – having fled from a threat in Johannesburg – just wants a tranquil life and to open a bookshop in the sleepy village of Riviersvalleij. She’s determined to keep to herself until she meets Sylvie, a sassy local. Despite her reservations, Winifred agrees to partner with Sylvie to open The Novel Eatery, a charming bookshop-café, where the unlikely pair serve up teas, soetkoekies and gossip.

When a slight inconvenience of a dead customer threatens their fledgling business, the duo discover they have quite a talent for creative problem-solving – and disposal. Their enterprise flourishes - even if some of their solutions are rather unorthodox. But the past always has a way of catching up, and when Winifred’s former boss tracks her down, she and Sylvie face their biggest challenge yet.

Sometimes the best solutions require the most unlikely ingredients. . . Making A Killing is a darkly comedic tale of friendship, revenge, and resourcefulness.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780795711114 Imprint Kwela Format Paperback / softback (234mm x 152mm) Pages 240

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780795711114 Druknaam Kwela Formaat Sagteband (234mm x 152mm) Bladsye 240

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AFRIKAANS NOVELS | AFRIKAANSE ROMANS

FICTION | FIKSIE

Die dood van Rachel April P.P. FOURIE

Rachel April se lyk word gevind met ’n steekwond in haar hart. Lesea du Plessis, wat saam met Rachel ’n meestersstudent en lid van ’n diversiteitsprogram by die Universiteit van die Vrystaat was, stel ondersoek in. Sy gaan nie toelaat dat die polisie hierdie saak beduiwel soos die een ná haar ouers se moord nie. Lesea het Rachel se dogtertjie belowe sy sal uitvind wat met haar ma gebeur het.

Dit blyk dat Rachel tydens ’n internskap by die Anglo-Boereoorlogmuseum iets ontdek het. Maar wat kan dit wees? En hoekom sou ’n kunsstudent in elk geval in die Anglo-Boereoorlog belangstel?

Het haar ontdekking tot haar dood gelei?

Terwyl sy die vrae rondom die dood van Rachel April probeer beantwoord, word Lesea se familiegeheime losgetorring en moet sy haar hele identiteit herbeskou.

Maar gou is haar eie oorlewing en dié van haar aanneemboetie, Louwtjie, al waaraan sy kan dink.

Iemand wil keer dat hulle die waarheid oor Rachel se moord ontbloot. En nou verkeer hulle self in doodse gevaar.

Rachel April’s body is found with a stab wound to her heart. Lesea du Plessis, who, along with Rachel, was a masters’ student and member of a diversity programme at the University of the Free State, decides to investigate. She won’t allow the police to fumble this case the way they did when her parents were murdered. Lesea has promised Rachel’s daughter that she will find out what happened to her mother.

It seems that, during an internship at the Anglo-Boer War Museum, Rachel had discovered something. But what could it be?

And why would an art student be interested in the Anglo-Boer War in any case?

While she tries to answer the questions surrounding the death of Rachel April, Lesea’s family secrets are unravelling and she has to reexamine her entire identity.

But soon her own survival and that of her adoptive brother, Louwtjie, is all she can think of.

Someone wants to keep them from uncovering the truth about Rachel’s murder. And now they themselves are in life-threatening danger.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780795802942 e-ISBN 9780795802959 Imprint Queillerie Format Paperback / softback (234mm x 152mm) Pages 352

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780795802942 e-ISBN 9780795802959 Druknaam Queillerie Formaat Sagteband (234mm x 152mm) Bladsye 352

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AFRIKAANS NOVELS | AFRIKAANSE ROMANS

FICTION | FIKSIE

Twyfelbos FRANÇOIS LOOTS

Dis 1820 in die Kaapkolonie. Sophia Truter is getroud met regter Johannes Truter. Maar dis Engelse tye en hy word nou as Sir John aangespreek.

Sophia het ’n afkeer van die Kaap se vertoonsug, en ná die dood van haar jongste seun besluit sy om weer te gaan boer. Dié keer begin sy klein, op ’n lap grond overberg anderkant die Kleinrivier – sonder slawe en voormans.

Kort ná haar aankoms daag Mandel op, ’n vryloper wat doer ver by Kicherer se sendingstasie Sakrivier gedoop is. En by jong vroue soos Sterretjie wat naby Gansgat tent opgeslaan het, kry Sophia malgasvere en ghwano vir haar groenteakkers.

Algaande vind Sophia haar voete, en ’n boervrou van oorkant die Akkedisberg kom ook inloer. Maar dan word iemand op die bokpad anderkant die berg vermoor. En Jan Tesselaar, die nuwe veldkornet, moet die skuldige opspoor.

Twyfelbos is ’n meesleurende geskiedkundige roman wat afspeel in die Overberge in die vroeë agtienhonderds. Puik nagevors en geskryf deur ’n fyn stilis.

It’s 1820 in the Cape Colony. Sophia Truter is married to the judge Johannes Truter. But the English have arrived and he prefers to be addressed as Sir John Truter.

Sophia has no patience with the ostentation of Cape society, and after the death of her youngest son, she decides to farm again. She starts small, on a piece of land beyond the Klein River – with no support from slaves or foremen.

Shortly after her arrival, Mandel knocks on the door – he’s a free man, baptised at Kicherer’s mission station at the Sak River.

Gradually, Sophia finds her footing, and a farmer’s wife from across the Akkedisberg also comes to visit. But then a man is murdered, his body discovered on a narrow trail on the other side of the mountain. Jan Tesselaar, the new field cornet, has been assigned to track down the culprit.

A captivating historical novel set in the Overberg in the early eighteen hundreds. Thoroughly researched and written by a fine stylist.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185202 e-ISBN 9780798185219 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (234mm x 152mm) Pages 288

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185202 e-ISBN 9780798185219 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (234mm x 152mm) Bladsye 288

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ENGLISH SHORT STORIES | ENGELSE KORTVERHALE

FICTION | FIKSIE

The Lucky Ones ALISTAIR MACKAY

Andile keeps his sexuality and his life in the city a secret from his family in the suburbs, until an uncle, long considered a bigot, throws himself at Andile and changes everything. Jeremy, grieving and desperate for distraction after losing his partner, begins to lose his grip on reality. Beth, a suburban mom who just wants to do right by her eight year-old son, struggles to make sense of the earrings she finds in his bedroom.

While in the wreckage of a near-future, children seize power from the apathetic adults who have neglected the climate for too long, and at the Cape colonial frontier, a woman is demonised for her childlessness, and driven from her home.

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ALISTAIR MACKAY

These unforgettable characters champion love and connection in this time of anxiety and isolation.

They challenge our preconceived ideas around queerness, mental health , the climate, loss, and the pressures of family and society. The Lucky Ones is a short story collection that showcases some of Mackay’s best writing yet.

IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY ISBN e-ISBN

9780795710322 9780795710339

THE CHILD ISBN e-ISBN

9780795710919 9780795710926

APRIL 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780795710162 e-ISBN 9780795710193 Imprint Kwela Format Paperback / softback (198mm x 130mm) Pages 192

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780795710162 e-ISBN 9780795710193 Druknaam Kwela Formaat Sagteband (198mm x 130mm) Bladsye 192

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AFRIKAANS POETRY | AFRIKAANSE POËSIE

FICTION | FIKSIE

Prins RYAN PEDRO

Prins is ’n toutrekspel tussen uiterstes: liefde teenoor haat; sagmoedigheid teenoor geweld; skoonheid teenoor groteskheid; hoop teenoor uitsigloosheid.

In Prins word die kompleksiteit van manlikheid ontleed; die oomblikke van teerheid word gevier en die vernietigende word gekritiseer. Alhoewel die bundel handel oor stories en karakters uit ’n bepaalde gemeenskap en agtergrond, skryf Pedro doelbewus weg van vooropgestelde idees oor coloured-laities en hoe hul manlikheid vorm, funksioneer en hanteer word. Herkenbare ervarings en trauma word aangespreek, maar vanuit ’n posisie van mag. Die veelsydigheid van die verteller se identiteit word verken en verbeed deur rapen punk-musiek, televisie, film en verbruik van populêre kultuur.

Prins is ook ’n doelbewuste en selfbewuste poging om die norme van digter-wees uit te daag. Dit ondersoek die eise van ’n ontluikende skrywerskap en die verwagtinge wat gepaard gaan met ’n sekere soort digter wees.

cliché – expected – narrative. Something that was underground in his debut collection has now come to the surface. The narrator is a coloured laitie trying to navigate identity, manliness, being coloured and a poet – sometimes he does it on a skateboard in the suburbs.

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RYAN PEDRO

Prins is a study in masculinity. It is an interrogation of boyhood and manhood, but this collection is also a celebration of the less toxic parts thereof. The narrator in Prins is out to nullify the conventional expectations. This collection deals with the angst that is tied to issues of identity, the demands placed on an emerging writer and the expectations to be a specific kind of poet.

This collection is visceral while showcasing an unpretentious vulnerability. Prins is a deliberate and introspective attempt at writing against the norms.

Although the collection explores characters of a certain community and background, Pedro refuses to tell the

PIENK CERAMIC-HONDJIES ISBN

9780795709869

APRIL 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780795711169 Imprint Kwela Format Paperback / softback (234mm x 152mm) Pages 80

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780795711169 Druknaam Kwela Formaat Sagteband (234mm x 152mm) Bladsye 80

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AFRIKAANS NOVELS | AFRIKAANSE ROMANS

FICTION | FIKSIE

Die ooggetuie WILNA ROUX

Julia is die kamerprokureur in Izak Marais se regspraktyk op Worcester.

Sy het nooit gedink sy sal terugkom na haar geboortedorp nie, maar hier is sy.

Wanneer oom Sakkie die oggend voor ’n groot hofsaak ineenstort, moet Julia dringend sake beredder. En dit ten spyte van die feit dat sy gesweer het sy sit haar voete nooit weer in ’n landdroshof nie. Hul kliënt, Lizanne Malan, aangekla van moord op haar eggenoot, is briesend dat die saak nou deur ’n junior vennoot behartig moet word. En om dinge nog meer te kompliseer is Julia heimlik daarvan oortuig dat Lizanne wel skuldig is.

Dié pakkende hofdrama speel af in die Boland.

Julia Blomerus is a chamber attorney for a smallish law practice in Worcester. When her senior colleague is rushed to hospital one morning, Julia has no choice but to take over his case, despite the fact that she swore never to enter a courtroom again.

The accused, Lizanne Malan, has been charged with murdering her husband, and Julia is secretly convinced that the woman is guilty, so why defend her? But when she starts scratching below the surface, Julia begins to realise that nothing is quite as it seems.

A terrific courtroom drama set in Worcester – a small town where everyone knows everyone’s business, even well-kept secrets. Die ooggetuie is the first in a new legal series, written by Wilna Roux.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185349 e-ISBN 9780798185356 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (234mm x 152mm) Pages 288

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185349 e-ISBN 9780798185356 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (234mm x 152mm) Bladsye 288

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AFRIKAANS NOVELS | AFRIKAANSE ROMANS

FICTION | FIKSIE

Donkermaan JACO WOLMARANS

1991. Israel in die kruisvuur van nuwe langafstand-missiele uit Lebanon.

Mossad moet dringend ’n antwoord vind. En ’n geskikte rekruut vir ’n uiters sensitiewe operasie: die diefstal van broodnodige radartegnologie by die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag, as teenvoeter vir Siriese missiele.

Die kandidaat: Ruth Heyns, doktorsgraadstudent in Tel Aviv, haar tragiese verlede nommerpas vir die operasie; half Suid-Afrikaans, voltydse wiskundegenie en ’n onweerstaanbare fees vir die oog. Maar sy trek die aandag van Teenspioenasie se ervare Gunther Eckhardt en die toenemende agterdog van die Lugmag-liaison, kolonel Leon Rutger.

Haar hanteerder, Saul Grossman, is getaak met haar dringende opleiding: weke van toenemende wrywing en konflik onder sy hardhandigheid. Sy laaste vermaning voor haar vertrek: hou jou afstand van die teiken, Stefan Reyneke.

Agter alles, die meesterlike manipulasie van Grossman se Mossad-mentor, Eli Reuven, in ’n desperate poging om die operasie van volslae mislukking te red.

1991. Israel is in the crossfire of new long-range missiles. Mossad urgently needs to find a a suitable recruit for a highly sensitive operation: the theft of crucial radar technology from the South African Air Force as a countermeasure against Syrian missiles.

The candidate is Ruth Heyns, a doctoral student in Tel Aviv, whose tragic past makes her perfect for the operation: half South African, a full-time math genius, and an irresistible feast for the eyes. But she attracts the attention of Counterintelligence veteran Gunther Eckhardt and the growing suspicion of the Air Force liaison, Colonel Leon Rutger.

Her handler, Saul Grossman, is tasked with her urgent training: weeks of mounting friction and conflict under his heavy-handed approach. His final warning before her departure: stay away from the target, Stefan Reyneke.

Behind it all, the masterful manipulation of Grossman’s Mossad mentor, Eli Reuven, in a desperate attempt to save the operation from total failure.

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780624095569 e-ISBN 9780624095576 Imprint Tafelberg Format Paperback / softback (234mm x 152mm) Pages 288

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780624095569 e-ISBN 9780624095576 Druknaam Tafelberg Formaat Sagteband (234mm x 152mm) Bladsye 288

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AFRIKAANS NOVELS | AFRIKAANSE ROMANS

FICTION | FIKSIE

Backlist titles by | Fondslystitels van

JACO WOLMARANS

BOS ISBN e-ISBN

SKAG 9780624086031 9780624086048

ISBN e-ISBN

IVOOR 9780624089483 9780624089506

ISBN e-ISBN

DOLOS 9780624092629 9780624092636

ISBN e-ISBN

9780624094203 9780624094210

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NONFICTION | NIEFIKSIE

COOKERY | KOOKKUNS

Cooking with Kim Bagley

A South African Fusion of Flavours KIM BAGLEY

Beloved South African food blogger and TikTok sensation Kim Bagley takes us along on her culinary journey as she shares some of her family’s favourite meals.

Kim believes that food should be simple and comforting, but the flavours should be bold and memorable. In Cooking with Kim, she showcases her love for cooking in easy, heartwarming meals.

Think slow-cooked oxtail, spicy lamb biryani, seafood chowder, corn and black bean salad, butter naan, and Amarula milk tart. Indulging in comfort, spice and all things nice, Kim’s South African fusion food will warm your soul.

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798184960 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (260mm x 200mm) Pages 192

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798184960 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (260mm x 200mm) Bladsye 192

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NONFICTION | NIEFIKSIE

CURRENT AFFAIRS | AKTUELE SAKE

Behind Prison Walls Unlocking a Safer South Africa

EDWIN CAMERON, REBECCA GORE, SOHELA SURAJPAL

South Africa’s prison system is hidden in plain sight and often ignored. With 240 prisons scattered across the country, holding the largest prison population in Africa, the conditions inside remain largely out of view and out of mind. But the reality is unavoidable—these prisons, and the system that sustains them, are our collective responsibility.

This eye-opening book offers an unflinching look behind the walls of our prisons. From overcrowding and violence to neglect and abuse, it shows how our prisons perpetuate crime, rather than rehabilitate those incarcerated. The status quo, marked by harsher sentences and overcrowded facilities, only exacerbates the problem.

But there is hope. Through research, personal accounts, and deep reflection, the authors call for a radical shift in how we approach crime and punishment. We have the power to fix our broken prison system, and in doing so, build a safer, more just society for all.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780624092698 e-ISBN 9780624092971 Imprint Tafelberg Format Paperback / softback (234mm x152mm) Pages 224

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780624092698 e-ISBN 9780624092971 Druknaam Tafelberg Formaat Sagteband (234mm x152mm) Bladsye 224

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COOKERY | KOOKKUNS

NONFICTION | NIEFIKSIE

Maklik met Marinda MARINDA ENGELBRECHT

Maklik met Marinda bevat nostalgiese huiskos, sonder fieterjasies of vreemde bestanddele, wat jy in ’n japtrap kan berei.

Al die immergroen gunstelinge vir skaap- en beesvleis, hoender, vis, vark, brood, rys, randrekkerpastas, sappige bykosse, soettandgenot en gebottelde slaaie, souse en konfyte is daar. Die staatmakerresepte is in doodeenvoudige stappe vir elke kosliefhebber, vir elke dag se gebruik.

In this book Marinda shares all her evergreen favorites for mutton and beef, chicken, fish, pork, bread, rice, pasta, mouthwatering side dishes, lip-smacking desserts and don’t forget the nostalgic bottled salads, sauces and jams.

The recipes are in simple steps, prepared with readily available ingredients, for every food lover for daily use.

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MARINDA ENGELBRECHT

MARINDA KOOK MET BLIKKIES EN PAKKIES ISBN

MARINDA SE KOSKAS ISBN

9780798182966

9780798181990

MARINDA SE KINDERKOMBUIS met Sjef Sout en Prof Pretzel ISBN

9780798182621

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798184977 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (280mm x 215mm) Pages 144

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798184977 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (280mm x 215mm) Bladsye 144

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CURRENT AFFAIRS | AKTUELE SAKE

NONFICTION | NIEFIKSIE

Deveney Nel Die storie agter die moord JULIAN JANSEN

Tussen die mooi landskappe van Caledon ontvou ’n ondenkbare tragedie. Deveney Nel, ’n talentvolle 16-jarige, se lewe eindig skielik op 7 Augustus 2024, en die gemeenskap, saam met die res van die land, is geruk.

Julian Jansen, skrywer van topverkoperboeke soos Moord op Stellenbosch, ondersoek die gebeure wat gelei het tot dié tragedie en die drie kinderslagoffers wat deur die stelsel gefaal is: Die 17-jarige seun, wat vier jaar tevore aangekla is van die verkragting van ’n 11-jarige meisie; hierdie getraumatiseerde meisie, wat moes toekyk toe die seun steeds aan sy ouers se toesig oorgelaat word sonder enige staatsintervensie; en Deveney, wat hy vermoor het by sy nuwe skool, waar niemand van sy verlede geweet het nie.

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JULIAN JANSEN

As misdaadverslaggewer vir Rapport, het Julian Jansen van die begin af oor die saak geskryf. Hy benut sy uitgebreide kontakte binne die polisie, sowel as onderhoude met vriende en familie, om die gebeure te rekonstrueer en om die vermoorde Deveney Nel te eer.

SEUNS SONDER PA’S ISBN e-ISBN

9780796322098 9780796322104

MOORD OP STELLENBOSCH: TWEE DEKADES SE SKOKVERHALE ISBN e-ISBN

9780624091745 9780624091776

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780624091974 e-ISBN 9780624092650 Imprint Tafelberg Format Paperback / softback (234mm x152mm) Pages 168

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780624091974 e-ISBN 9780624092650 Druknaam Tafelberg Formaat Sagteband (234mm x152mm) Bladsye 168

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CURRENT AFFAIRS | AKTUELE SAKE

NONFICTION | NIEFIKSIE

Deveney Nel The Story Behind the Murder JULIAN JANSEN

Julian Jansen, author of bestselling true crime books like Stellenbosch: Murder Town, traces the tragedy of three children: The troubled boy, who had raped a girl before.

The traumatised girl, who recounted all the details to the police, only to have the boy released into the custody of his parents and the mandated supervision and monitoring not enforced. Then the third victim – the girl he murdered at his new school where no one knew of his past. This shocking and unnecessary death could have been prevented. The state failed all three children.

As Rapport’s crime reporter, Julian Jansen has written about the case from the start. He draws on his extensive contacts in the police and interviews with friends and family to reconstruct the events leading to the triple tragedy, and to honour the murdered Devenéy Nel. He also investigates the failures of the state and draws lessons on how it can be prevented from happening again.

Shocking and gripping.

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JULIAN JANSEN

THE DE ZALZE MURDERS ISBN e-ISBN

9780624082149 9780624082156

STELLENBOSCH: MURDER TOWN TWO DECADES OF SHOCKING CRIMES ISBN e-ISBN

9780624091806 9780624091837

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780624093169 e-ISBN 9780624093183 Imprint Tafelberg Format Paperback / softback (234mm x152mm) Pages 224

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780624093169 e-ISBN 9780624093183 Druknaam Tafelberg Formaat Sagteband (234mm x152mm) Bladsye 224

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NONFICTION | NIEFIKSIE

TRAVEL | REIS

In Search of Nongqawuse TREIVE NICHOLAS

This fast-paced, reflective tale combines travel, history, and memoir, offering a grounded narrative that challenges perceptions. It tells the story of a teenage girl whose actions led to the deaths of 40,000 of her people in 1856. Was she a black liberation leader, a deceiver, or a disruptor of a patriarchal society?

Join Treive Nicholas on a journey from South Africa’s Wild Coast to a grave in Cambridgeshire, England, in search of Nongqawuse, the teenage prophetess behind the Great Cattle Killing (1856-57). Along the way, he uncovers the tragic consequences of this event, set against the backdrop of wars, colonialism, and natural disasters.

Treive’s pilgrimage takes him to the grave of King Hintsa, where he uncovers the brutal truth about his death. After surviving four tropical diseases, Treive’s journey surprises him with an unsettling twist – one that hits closer to home than he could ever have imagined.

APRIL 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780795711145 Imprint Kwela Format Paperback / softback (234mm x152mm) Pages 208

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780795711145 Druknaam Kwela Formaat Sagteband (234mm x152mm) Bladsye 208

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NONFICTION | NIEFIKSIE

BUSINESS | SAKE

Corporate Newsman A Life of Integrity

KAIZER NYATSUMBA

Kaizer Nyatsumba, renowned journalist and commentator turned senior business executive, tells his remarkable story of transition.

From his birth in poverty on a farm at White River in Mpumalanga; to becoming a journalist and editor at leading local newspapers; to international newsrooms, and finally to a senior business executive in the boardrooms of companies such as Anglo American, The CocaCola Company, Sasol Limited and PetroSA. Over the years, he has distinguished himself as a man of unimpeachable integrity with a deep sense of independence of mind. Both at home and in the United Kingdom, where he completed his MBA at the University of Hull, he remains a regular commentator on South African politics and business.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780624094241 e-ISBN 9780624094258 Imprint Tafelberg Format Paperback / softback (234mm x152mm) Pages 272

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780624094241 e-ISBN 9780624094258 Druknaam Tafelberg Formaat Sagteband (234mm x152mm) Bladsye 272

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LUX VERBI

Bybelvroueomnibus: Sara & Hanna MARETHA MAARTENS

Sara: In dié roman word Abraham van die Bybel deur sy vrou Sara se oë gesien.

Die Bybelse verhaal word aangevul deur deeglik nagevorste materiaal uit ander bronne. Die leser word meegesleur na die Middel-Bronstydperk, na die mense van die sondvloed, na Abraham se stanings en huwelik, sy swakhede en sy geloofspad, en die lewe van sy vrou Sara. En gekonfronteer met die Wese en die werklikheid van God. Hanna: Hanna is kinderloos.

Haar man moet seuns hê om sy priesterlike pligte as Leviet voor die Here na te kom, en ná nege jaar trou hy weer. Peninna skenk die lewe aan die een kind ná die ander. Maar Hanna sukkel met Peninna se teenwoordigheid in die huis. Is haar kindersloosheid die Here se straf? Sal Hanna kan vrede maak, met haarself en met Peninna? Sal sy guns kan vind in die oë van die God sodat Hy haar lamp weer aansteek en die donker verdryf?

Sara: In this novel, Abraham of the Bible is seen through the eyes of his wife Sarah.

The biblical story is supplemented by thoroughly researched material from other sources. The reader is swept away to the Middle Bronze Age, to the people of the flood, to Abraham’s standing and marriage, his weaknesses and his path of faith, and the life of his wife Sarah. And confronted with the Being and the reality of God. Hanna: Hannah is childless.

Her husband must have sons to fulfill his priestly duties as a Levite before the Lord, and after nine years he marries again. Peninnah gives birth to one child after another. But Hannah struggles with Peninnah’s presence in the house.

Is her childlessness the Lord’s punishment? Will Hannah be able to make peace, with herself and with Peninnah? Will she be able to find favor in the eyes of God so that He lights her lamp again and dispels the darkness?

APRIL 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780796323576 e-ISBN 9780796323583 Imprint Lux Verbi Format Paperback / softback (234mm x152mm) Pages 648

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780796323576 e-ISBN 9780796323583 Druknaam Lux Verbi Formaat Sagteband (234mm x152mm) Bladsye 648

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LUX VERBI

Vredemaker REGGIE PEACE

Reginald Hufkie, vandag wyd bekend as die suksesvolle akteur en musikant Reggie Peace, was 13 jaar oud toe hy by die kinderhuis se voordeur gaan aanklop het. Hy wou nie langer in die hok saam met sy pa en broer bly nie.

Hier kry hy vir die eerste keer sy eie bed en kan hy die eerste keer stort. Die kinderhuis bied hom stabiliteit en gou begin Reggie presteer.

Maar hy bly ontevrede met homself. Reggie sug voordurend na erkenning en aanvaarding. Tot hy besef dat hy ’n keuse het: Kies die lewe, óf kies ’n stadige dood.

En dan verander Reggie se verhaal in een van hoop. Ondanks sy uitdagende kinderjare kry hy ’n kans om sy drome waar te maak en ’n beter lewe te bou.

In sy aangrypende memoir beklemtoon Reggie die waarde van selfliefde, positiewe verandering en geestelike groei. Sy storie is een van swaarky, maar ook van uitdagings wat oorkom kan word en hoe om met Christus aan jou sy sterker anderkant uit te kom.

Reginald Hufkie, known today as the successful actor and musician Reggie Peace, was 13 years old when he knocked on the door of the orphanage. He no longer wanted to stay in the shack with his father and brother. Here, he had his own bed for the first time and could take a shower for the first time. The orphanage offered him stability, and soon Reggie began to excel.

But he remained dissatisfied with himself.

Reggie constantly longed for recognition and acceptance. Until he realized that he had a choice: choose life or choose a slow death.

And then Reggie’s story becomes one of hope. Despite his challenging childhood, he gets a chance to achieve his dreams and build a better life.

In his moving memoir, Reggie emphasizes the value of self-love, positive change, and spiritual growth. His story is one of hardship but also of challenges that can be overcome and how to emerge stronger on the other side with Christ by your side.

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780796323767 e-ISBN 9780796323774 Imprint Lux Verbi Format Paperback / softback (198mm x 130mm) Pages 224

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780796323767 e-ISBN 9780796323774 Druknaam Lux Verbi Formaat Sagteband (198mm x 130mm) Bladsye 224

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LUX VERBI

Eendag is te ver

Geloofsgedagtes vir jong Jesusvolgelinge JACO STRYDOM

Moenie dat die volwassenes jou onderskat nie: Jy hoef nie te wag tot jy eendag "groot" genoeg is in die wêreld se oë nie. Daar is voordele aan jonkwees en tyd is kosbaar. Te veel jongmense glo die leuen dat jy eers klaar moet wees met skool en verkieslik ’n graad moet hê voor jy aan die belangrike gesprekke kan deelneem en ’n verskil kan maak.

Neem nou deel aan Jesus se rewolusie van hoop. Dis nou die tyd om al die groot vrae te vra, belangrike geloofsgewoontes aan te leer, die misterie van God se teenwoordigheid op nuwe plekke raak te sien en jou eie roeping te ontdek.

Too many young people believe the lie that you must first finish school and have a degree before you can make a difference. Take part in Jesus’ revolution of hope now. Now is the time to ask all the big questions, develop important faith habits, see the mystery of God’s presence in new places, and discover your own calling.

Jesus did not tell children to grow up; He told adults to become children. Now it’s your turn.

One day is too far.

Jesus het nie vir kinders gesê word groot nie, Hy het vir grootmense gesê word klein. Dwarsdeur die geskiedenis was dit dikwels juis jongmense wat die verskil gemaak het. Nou is dit jou beurt.

Eendag is te ver.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780796323552 e-ISBN 9780796323569 Imprint Lux Verbi Format Paperback / softback (198mm x 130mm) Pages 196

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780796323552 e-ISBN 9780796323569 Druknaam Lux Verbi Formaat Sagteband (198mm x 130mm) Bladsye 196

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5-7 YEARS | 5-7 JAAR

LUX VERBI

Paris, ’n prinses met ’n missie DEMI-LEIGH TEBOW

Hierdie koninklike avontuur sal jou dag bietjie blinker maak!

Prinses Paris het ’n besige dag vol koninklike take voor haar. Maar as haar kroon gesteel word, is Paris bang dat sy nie die koning sal kan verteenwoordig wanneer sy die diere in die veld gaan ontmoet nie.

Sy ontmoet luiperde, ’n olifant en ’n buffel en sy besef dat elkeen ’n unieke probleem het. Maar sal sy hulle kan help? En sal sy haar kroon betyds terugkry om die koning te kan ontmoet?

Kom saam op hierdie Afrika-avontuur met Paris, Kobe en Chunk (die hele Tebow-familie) en besef dat om ander te help die belangrikste doel van alles is.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780796323781 Imprint Lux Verbi Format Paperback / softback (254mm x 254mm) Pages 32

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780796323781 Druknaam Lux Verbi Formaat Sagteband (254mm x 254mm) Bladsye 32

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LUX VERBI

Princess Paris finds her purpose DEMI-LEIGH TEBOW

This regal adventure will bring a sparkle to your day!

Princess Paris has a busy day filled with royal duties. But when her crown is stolen, she fears she can’t represent her king on her mission to meet the animals on the Royal Savanna.

As she meets leopards, an elephant, and a Cape buffalo, Paris realises that each animal has a unique problem. But will Paris be able to help them? And will she get her crown back in time to meet the king?

Tag along on this African safari with Paris, Kobe, and Chunk (the whole Tebow Pack!) and learn that helping others is the greatest purpose of all.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780796323798 Imprint Lux Verbi Format Paperback / softback (254mm x 254mm) Pages 32

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780796323798 Druknaam Lux Verbi Formaat Sagteband (254mm x 254mm) Bladsye 32

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0-6 YEARS | 0-6 JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Backlist titles Fondslystitels

TJOPPIE EN DIE SKAT

Tjoppie gaan skool toe

ISBN: 9780798178938

LIZ DE VILLIERS, VIAN OELOFSEN (ill.)

Dit is Tjoppie se eerste dag by sy nuwe speelskool.

Hy is baie opgewonde!

OK BOARD BO EK KARTONBO

Juffrou Snuffel verwelkom hom in sy nuwe klas en hy maak gou nuwe maats: Bollie, Bekkie en Blits. Hulle verf en speel lekker.

Tjoppie hou baie van skool!

TJOPPIE EN DIE TWEELING ISBN: 9780798178945

It is Tjoppie’s first day at his new play school. He is very excited. Teacher Snuffel welcomes him to his new class and he quickly makes new friends: Bollie, Bekkie and Blits. They paint and play outside. Tjoppie loves school!

OK BOARD BO EK KARTONBO

TJOPPIE SE VERJAARSDAG ISBN: 9780798181013

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185264 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (210mm x 210mm) Pages 32

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185264 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (210mm x 210mm) Bladsye 32

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CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Backlist titles Fondslystitels

TJOPPIE EN DIE MUSKIET

Tjoppie se sussie

ISBN: 9780798181020

LIZ DE VILLIERS, VIAN OELOFSEN (ill.)

Tjoppie is baie opgewonde - maar ook ’n bietjie op sy senuwees - om ’n nuwe lid van hulle gesin te verwelkom.

Toe die voordeur uiteindelik oopgaan, sien Tjoppie ’n oulike klein hondjie met ’n pienk rokkie aan. Dit is sy nuwe sussie, Tjippie!

Tjippie lyk baie bang. Maar Tjoppie en sy beste maat Fluit-Fluit sal haar sommer gou tuis laat voel.

TJOPPIE SE BESIGE DAG ISBN: 9780798184694

Tjoppie is very excited - but also a little nervous - to welcome a new member to their family. When the front door finally opens, Tjoppie sees a small dog in a pink dress. It is his new little sister, Tjippie. Tjippie looks very scared. But Tjoppie and his best friend Fluit-Fluit will help her to feel at home right away.

TJOPPIE SÊ GOEIENAG ISBN: 9780798184700

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185257 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (210mm x 210mm) Pages 32

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185257 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (210mm x 210mm) Bladsye 32

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9-12 YEARS | 9-12 JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

As ek jy was DE WET HUGO

Gretchen en Barbara háát mekaar.

Gretchen kry die hoofrol in hulle dramaklub, maar sy word konstant geboelie oor haar gewig, terwyl haar ma ook nog karring oor haar gesondheid.

Barbara is maer en supergewild – maar al haar fobies oor vetwees woed sy en haar beste vriendin, Nicole, op Gretchen uit.

Alles verander skielik wanneer ’n geheimsinnige vrou vol tatoes vir hulle ’n sakkie wenspoeier gee.

Want dinge loop lelik skeef voor Barbara vir die vakansie na Kamp Kollig, en Gretchen na Kamp Eden gaan . . . En Barbara daag in Gretchen se lyf by die vetkamp op, terwyl Gretchen in Barbara se lyf by die dramakamp aankom!

Gretchen en Barbara moet letterlik in mekaar se skoene staan. Maar wie weet – miskien word hulle wense tóg waar. ’n Skreeusnaakse, maar deernisvolle storie oor boeliegedrag, selfbeeld en ware vriendskap.

Gretchen and Barbara hate each other.

Gretchen scores the lead in their drama club, but is constantly bullied because of her weight, while her mom nags about her health.

Barbara is slim and the most popular girl in school – but she’s constantly unleashing her fatphobia on Gretchen alongside her best friend, Nicole. Everything changes when a mysterious woman hands them a bag of wishing powder.

Because things go terribly wrong as Barbara heads to Camp Spotlight for the holidays, while Gretchen is off to Camp Eden. And Barbara lands in Gretchen’s body at fat camp, and Gretchen finds herself in Barbara’s body at drama camp!

Gretchen and Barbara literally have to walk in each other’s shoes. But who knows – perhaps their wishes can still come true.

A riotous yet heartfelt story tackling bullying, body image, and the power of unexpected friendships.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185271 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (198mm x 130mm) Pages 192

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185271 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (198mm x 130mm) Bladsye 192

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Backlist titles by | Fondslystitels van

DE WET HUGO GRILGRYPER-REEKS

GRILGRYPERS 1: DIE VLOEK VAN VREESBAAI

GRILGRYPERS 2: WEB VAN DIE MUMMIE

GRILGRYPERS 3: KAMP VIR MONSTERS

GRILGRYPERS 4: DIE MEISIE IN DIE MAANLIG

ISBN e-ISBN

ISBN e-ISBN

ISBN e-ISBN

ISBN

9780798176750 9780798176767

9780798176729 9780798176736

GRILGRYPERS 5: DIE GROEN WATERGRAF

GRILGRYPERS 6: DIE GEHEIM VAN DIE SPOOKWERF

ISBN

ISBN

9780798178891

9780798176781 9780798176798

9780798178860

9780798180702

KIES-JOU-AVONTUUR-REEKS

KIES-JOU-AVONTUUR: DIE GEVAARLIKSTE SPELETJIE OP AARDE

KIES-JOU-AVONTUUR 2: DIE GEVAARLIKSTE BOEK OP AARDE

KIES-JOU-AVONTUUR 3: DIE GEVAARLIKSTE FLIEK OP AARDE

ISBN e-ISBN

ISBN e-ISBN

ISBN e-ISBN

9780798180696 9780798181396

9780798181815 9780798181792

9780798182096 9780798182102

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9-12 YEARS | 9-12 JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Backlist titles by | Fondslystitels van

DE WET HUGO

KINKELS EN KEUSES-REEKS

KINKELS EN KEUSES 1: DIE HOLDERSTEBOLDER HONDEPARTYTJIE

KINKELS EN KEUSES 2: DIE BELAGLIKE BAK EN BROU BOHAAI

KINKELS EN KEUSES 3: DIE MANIESE MUSKIETMOLES

ISBN

ISBN

ISBN

9780798182867

DIE DOODGEWONE BURE ISBN

9780798183611

HOE GRIL EK NOU! ISBN

9780798184076

CATASTROPHE

KATASTROFE

ISBN

ISBN

9780798183048

LEKKERLAGPRETBOEK ISBN

9780798184823

9780798182317

9780798184465

9780798182874

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6-9 YEARS | 6-9 JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Hondman 6

Wild en Woes DAV PILKEY, KOBUS GELDENHUYS (vert.)

Voel jy ooit asof jy nie heeltemal inpas nie? Die sesde boek in die Hondmanreeks is hier om jou te wys dat jy nie alleen is nie In die sesde Hondman staar ons dapper hond sy grootste uitdaging nog in die gesig! Hondman word onregverdig beskuldig en tronk toe gestuur.

Terwyl sy vriende sy onskuld probeer bewys, moet Hondman uitvind waar hy werklik hoort. Kan hy sy plek in beide die honde- en mensewêreld vind?

Bekroonde skrywer en kunstenaar Dav Pilkey se gewilde Hondman-reeks spreek lesers van alle ouderdomme aan en verken universele positiewe temas, insluitend empatie, volharding en die belangrikheid daarvan om getrou aan jouself te bly.

Die sesde Hondman-boek volg die wenresep van die vorige strokiesboeke: humor, aksie, spanning, asook kleurvolle illustrasies, komiese karakters en kort, eenvoudige sinne. Daar is weer "Blaai-enbeweeg" en "Teken 1-2-3" wat kinders help om hulle eie Hondman en ander karakters in die boek te teken.

Do you ever feel like you don't quite fit in? The sixth book in the Hondman series is here to show you that you're not alone.

In this action-packed installment, our courageous canine hero, Hondman, faces his toughest challenge yet. Falsely accused and locked away, Hondman finds himself in serious trouble. As his friends hurry to prove his innocence, Hondman embarks on a journey to discover where he truly belongs. Will he be able to clear his name and find his rightful place in the worlds of both dogs and humans?

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185004 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (210mm x 142mm) Pages 224

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185004 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (210mm x 142mm) Bladsye 224

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6-9 YEARS | 6-9 JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Backlist titles by | Fondslystitels van

DAV PILKEY HONDMAN-REEKS

HONDMAN ISBN

9780798181198

HONDMAN 2: HONDMAN OP HOL

HONDMAN 3: KATKENADES

ISBN

ISBN

9780798182119

HONDMAN 4: HONDMAN EN KLEINKAT

HONDMAN 5: HEERSER VAN DIE VLOOIE

ISBN

ISBN

9780798183901

9780798183017

9780798184274

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6-9 YEARS | 6-9 JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Kaptein Onderbroek 4

Kaptein Onderbroek en die wraak van Professor Poepenpoel DAV PILKEY, KOBUS GELDENHUYS (vert.)

George en Harold is in graad vier en hulle is mal oor poetse bak.

Wanneer hulle nuutste poets hulle wetenskaponderwyser tot raserny dryf, kry hulle skoolhoof, mnr. Mor, dadelik iemand in sy plek: Professor Poepenpoel.

George and Harold are in fourth grade and they love playing pranks. When their latest prank drives their science teacher crazy, their principal, Mr. Mor, immediately finds someone to replace him: Professor Poepenpoel.

George and Harold have a great time mocking the professor’s silly name. But then the professor takes revenge. He forces everyone in the city to have silly names too - and tries to take over the whole world!

George en Harold spot te lekker met die professor se lawwe naam en van. Maar dan neem die professor wraak. Hy dwing almal in die stad om ook lawwe name en vanne te kry – en probeer die hele wêreld oorneem!

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185011 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (210mm x 142mm) Pages 160

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185011 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (210mm x 142mm) Bladsye 160

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CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Backlist titles by | Fondslystitels van

DAV PILKEY

KAPTEIN ONDERBROEK-REEKS

KAPTEIN ONDERBROEK 1: DIE AVONTURE VAN KAPTEIN ONDERBROEK ISBN

9780798183000

KAPTEIN ONDERBROEK 2: KAPTEIN ONDERBROEK EN DIE GEVEG TEEN DIE TANDETOILETTE ISBN

9780798183659

KAPTEIN ONDERBROEK 3: KAPTEIN ONDERBROEK EN DIE INVAL VAN DIE KOELBLOEDIGE KOSTANNIES UIT DIE RUIMTE (EN DAARNA DIE AANVAL VAN DIE EWE BOSE ZOMBIE-NERD BOELIES) ISBN

9780798184267

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9-12 YEARS | 9-12 JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Skool vir talente 3

Derde periode: Monsterspore!

SILKE SCHELLHAMMER, KOBUS GELDENHUYS (vert.)

Welkom in die Skool vir Talente. Hier kan almal fantastiese dinge doen. Hulle kan van vorm verander, met diere kommunikeer, water beheer ... en nog baie meer!

Alva sien uit na hulle nuwe skoolprojek: Hulle gaan fossiele soek onder op die eiland se strand.

Maar dan ontdek hulle reusagtige voetspore in die sand. Beteken dit daar is ’n monster op die eiland?

Welcome to the School of Talents. Everyone here can do fantastic things. They can change shape, communicate with animals, control water. . . and much more!

Alva is excited for their new school project: They are going to look for fossils down on the island’s beach. But then they discover gigantic footprints in the sand. Is there a monster on the island?

SKOOL VIR TALENTE-REEKS

SKOOL VIR TALENTE EERSTE PERIODE: OORVERDOWEND

SKOOL VIR TALENTE 2 TWEEDE PERIODE: KRAGONDERBREKING

ISBN

ISBN

9780798183376

9780798183932

APRIL 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185028 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (205mm x 145mm) Pages 256

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185028 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (205mm x 145mm) Bladsye 256

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0-6 YEARS | 0-6 JAAR

When The World Was PIPPA SKOTNES

When the World Was is a story for children and their parents, written in rhyming verse, that owes a debt to Dr Seuss and Lewis Carroll.

It tells a story of the |xam, the people who lived in the Cape before the arrival of herders or farmers. Each verse introduces ideas that animated the |xam world: the sun whose light came out from his armpit, the rain animals, the wind, the sorcerers, the man with his eye on his foot, and then the coming of the ships and the wagons, all accompanied by |xam words and their translations. The book is meant to be read aloud so that the words that once filled the landscape may be heard in the land again.

When the World Was draws on the rich traditions recorded in the 19th century when a small group of |xam men and women taught Wilhelm Bleek and Lucy Lloyd to speak their language and told them their stories. It found its form when the author discovered how much her own grandson loved to sound the clicks of the |xam language.

MAY ∙ MEI 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780624093862 Imprint Tafelberg Format Hardback (222mm x 170mm) Pages 56

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780624093862 Druknaam Tafelberg Formaat Hardeband (222mm x 170mm) Bladsye 56

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14+ YEARS | 14+ JAAR

Scarred Lions FANIE VILJOEN

Buyisiwe feels like a stranger in the place where he grew up.

He simply cannot shrug off the feeling of dread following him through the streets of London. And then he receives the terrible news: His mother can’t take care of him anymore; he has to go and live with his estranged father, Themba, in South Africa.

Africa is not what Buyisiwe expected it to be. It is a place of great beauty and splendour, magnificent animals and terrible danger. And now a scarred, man-eating lion prowls the game reserve, waiting for his next victim.

Will Buyi be able to heal from the physical and emotional scars left behind? Will he finally find the place where he really belongs?

APRIL 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780798185233 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (198mm x 130mm) Pages 176

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780798185233 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (198mm x 130mm) Bladsye 176

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14+ YEARS | 14+ JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Sny hulle in sterre uit FANIE VILJOEN

’n Aardbewing op ’n Vrystaatse myndorp laat 'n skoolgebou ineenstort en keer drie tieners onder die puin vas.

Terwyl hulle suurstof en hulle hoop al minder word, beleef die leser die angswekkende situasie saam met hulle.

Die vasgekeerde kinders ervaar engtevrees en angs vir die naderende dood, en opflikkerings van verbete hoop en selfs humor, totdat ´n reddingspan hulle dae later eers uitgrawe. Maar een van hulle oorleef dit nie . . .

An earthquake causes a school building in a Free State mining town to collapse, trapping three teenagers under the rubble. As their oxygen and hope dwindle, the reader is taken along on this chilling experience: claustrophobia and anxiety about the approaching death, flashes of determined hope and even humour, until a rescue team eventually digs them out days later. But one of them does not survive . . .

JUNE ∙ JUNIE 2025 PUBLICATION DETAIL ISBN 9780624092995 Imprint Human & Rousseau Format Paperback / softback (198mm x 130mm) Pages 160

PUBLIKASIE SPESIFIKASIES ISBN 9780624092995 Druknaam Human & Rousseau Formaat Sagteband (198mm x 130mm) Bladsye 160

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9-12 YEARS | 9-12 JAAR

CHILDREN AND YOUTH | KINDER EN JEUG

Speurhond Willem in Japan ELIZABETH WASSERMAN

Adriaan se klas neem deel aan ’n kompetisie. Die prys is ’n reis na Japan, waar kinders van oor die hele wêreld ’n fees gaan bywoon. Om deel te neem, moes hulle ’n haikoe skryf of ’n mangastrokiesprent teken. En Adriaan wen!

Teen hierdie tyd behoort hy seker al te weet dat die Internasionale Speurdiens gereeld die resultaat van kompetisies bewimpel soos dit hulle pas. Sy ouers is trots op hulle seun, maar Willem se nuutgevonde kennis van Japannese kultuur laat Adriaan onraad vermoed. Op hulle eerste aand daag Sani Saki op en waarsku hulle dat die kompetisie ’n klug is. Van die deelnemers is robotte! Niemand weet egter wie is wie nie, want almal gaan as karakters uit die bekende Menagerie-reeks in kostuum deelneem. Die Internasionale Speurdiens het gesorg dat Adriaan deelneem, en dat Willem daar is om hom te help.

Die robotte mag nie die kompetisie wen nie. As dit gebeur, sal dit nie lank wees voor hulle oral oorneem nie. En dit sal sleg wees vir kinders – regoor die wêreld! ’n Skreeusnaakse, maar deernisvolle storie oor boeliegedrag, selfbeeld en ware vriendskap.

Adriaan’s class is participating in a competition.

The prize is a trip to Japan, where children from all over the world will attend a festival. To participate, they had to write a haiku or draw a manga comic strip. And Adriaan wins!

By this time, he should probably know that the International Detective Agency regularly manipulates the outcome of competitions as they see fit. His parents are proud of their son, but Willem’s newfound knowledge of Japanese culture makes Adriaan suspicious.

On their first night, Sani Saki shows up and warns them that the competition is a sham.

Some of the participants are robots! However, no one knows who’s who, because all the participants will be dressed as characters from the popular Menagerie series. The IDA made sure that Adriaan participates, and that Willem is there to help him. The robots must not win the competition. If that happens, it won’t be long before they take over everywhere. And that would be bad for children – across the world!

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