10 Best Africa, Juvenile Fiction Books
Africa, Juvenile Fiction is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Africa, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 10 Africa, Juvenile Fiction audiobooks below.
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An American Story
- By: Kwame Alexander
- Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez
- Length: 11 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: January 03, 2023
- Language: English
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4.7(214 ratings)
4.7(214 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USD#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author of The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander, pens a powerful picture book that tells the story of American slavery through the voice of a teacher struggling to help her students understand its harrowing#1 New York Times Bestselling and award-winning author of The Undefeated, Kwame Alexander, pens a powerful picture book that tells the story of American slavery through the voice of a teacher struggling to help her students understand its harrowing history.
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From the fireside tales in an African village, through the unspeakable passage across the Atlantic, to the backbreaking work in the fields of the South, this is a story of a people’s struggle and strength, horror and hope. This is the story of American slavery, a story that needs to be told and understood by all of us. A testament to the resilience of the African American community, this book honors what has been and envisions what is to be.
With stunning mixed-media illustrations by newcomer Dare Coulter, this is a potent book for those who want to speak the truth. Perfect for family sharing, the classroom, and homeschooling. -
The Wind Rises
- By: Timothee de Fombelle
- Narrator: Waceke Wambaa
- Length: 11 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 30, 2022
- Language: English
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4.28(33 ratings)
4.28(33 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USD1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people. Meanwhile, in Lisbon, Joseph Mars, an orphan turned petty thief devises a great plan to land himself aboard a slave ship, The Sweet Amelie, on the ultimate quest: to find a pirate’s treasure in the far reaches of the Caribbean. But as time passes, he learns he’s not alone in his hunger for the treasure, which forces him to rethink the true purpose of his presence aboard The Sweet Amelie. The destinies of a large cast of characters, including Alma and Joseph, become intertwined both on land and at sea in this unforgettable adventure of resilience and compassion as de Fombelle quietly elucidates the slave trade and the infamous Middle Passage for middle grade and YA listeners.
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Illegal
- By: Eoin Colfer
- Length: 1 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 16, 2018
- Language: English
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4.23(5928 ratings)
4.23(5928 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDEbo’s sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows that, to see them again, he must follow in their footsteps and make the hazardous voyage from Ghana to a safe haven in Europe. So the twelve-year-old sets off onEbo’s sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows that, to see them again, he must follow in their footsteps and make the hazardous voyage from Ghana to a safe haven in Europe. So the twelve-year-old sets off on an epic journey that takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli and finally out to the merciless sea. Powerful and timely, this novel brings to life Ebo’s unquenchable hope for a new life in the face of daunting and perilous obstacles.
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Crossing the Stream
- By: Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
- Length: 6 hours 9 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: June 08, 2021
- Language: English
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4.22(45 ratings)
4.22(45 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDAto hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him that he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch,Ato hasn’t visited his grandmother’s house since he was seven. He’s heard the rumors that she’s a witch, and his mother has told him that he must never sit on the old couch on her porch. Now here he is, on that exact couch, with a strangelooking drink his grandmother has given him, wondering if the rumors are true. What’s more, there’s a freshly dug hole in her yard that Ato suspects may be a grave meant for him.
Meanwhile, at school, Ato and his friends have entered a competition to win entry to Nnoma, the island bird sanctuary that Ato’s father helped create. But something is poisoning the community garden where their project is housed, and Ato sets out to track down the culprit. In doing so, he brings his estranged mother and grandmother back together, and begins healing the wounds left on the family by his father’s death years before.
And that hole in the yard? It is a grave, but not for the purpose Ato feared, and its use brings a tender, celebratory ending to this deeply felt and universal story of healing and love from one of Ghana’s most admired children’s authors.
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Pinduli
- By: Janell Cannon
- Narrator: Janell Cannon
- Length: 23 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: December 15, 2017
- Language: English
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4.18(1022 ratings)
4.18(1022 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDPinduli’s mama has always told her that she’s the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don’t think so. Why else would they make her feel so rotten about her big ears, her fuzzy mane, and her wiggly stripes? PoorPinduli’s mama has always told her that she’s the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don’t think so. Why else would they make her feel so rotten about her big ears, her fuzzy mane, and her wiggly stripes? Poor Pinduli just wants to disappear. But then a case of mistaken identity lets her show the creatures of the African savanna how a few tiny words can create something enormous. From the creator of the best-selling Stellaluna comes this triumphant story about self-image, self-acceptance, and treating others with respect. Author bio: Janell Cannon’s picture books have won many awards and are beloved around the world. She is the author and illustrator of Verdi, Crickwing, Pinduli, and the long-time bestselling classic Stellaluna. Born and raised in Minnesota, Ms. Cannon now lives in Southern California.
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The Elephant Girl
- By: James Patterson
- Narrator: Krystel Roche
- Length: 4 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: July 25, 2022
- Language: English
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4.17(414 ratings)
4.17(414 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDJames Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl, an elephant, and their life-changing friendship. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmatesJames Patterson and award-winning author Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable story of a girl, an elephant, and their life-changing friendship.
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Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip–especially about the new boy, Leku–twelve-year-old Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There she befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu, Swahili for seed.
When Mbegu’s mother, frightened by poachers, stampedes, Jama and Mbegu are blamed for two deaths–one elephant and one human. Now Leku, whose mysterious and imposing father is head ranger at the conservancy, may be their only lifeline.
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Great Escapes #6: Across the Minefields
- By: Pamela D. Toler
- Narrator: Shiromi Arserio
- Length: 1 hours 57 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Publish date: September 14, 2021
- Language: English
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4.12(7 ratings)
4.12(7 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDAre you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The sixth installment in the Great Escapes series is here–perfect for fans of the I Survived series! June, 1942–Libya. Free French Officer Susan TraversAre you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The sixth installment in the Great Escapes series is here–perfect for fans of the I Survived series!
June, 1942–Libya. Free French Officer Susan Travers was one of the few women on the frontlines in Africa during World War Two. After the Germans surrounded the military camp of Bir Hakeim, a shocking order was issued. The French troops were going to break out in the middle of the night–crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory–to reach their British allies. And Officer Travers would be leading the charge.
With the lives of thousands of military men at risk, stakes were high. But Officer Travers didn’t face rejection and break gender barriers to back down now. Her country needed her to fight. And win.
For reluctant readers to total bookworms, this gripping historical fiction story will leave you eager to read the whole series!
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Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
- By: Katherine Rundell
- Narrator: Katherine Rundell
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: January 23, 2015
- Language: English
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3.98(1538 ratings)
3.98(1538 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDEven a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this lovely and lyrical novel from the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called “a glorious adventure.”Even a life on the untamed plains of Africa can’t prepare Wilhelmina for the wilds of an English boarding school in this lovely and lyrical novel from the author of Rooftoppers, which Booklist called “a glorious adventure.” Wilhelmina Silver’s world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey, and her best friend, every day is beautiful. But when her home is sold and Will is sent away to boarding school in England, the world becomes impossibly difficult. Lions and hyenas are nothing compared to packs of vicious schoolgirls. Where can a girl run to in London? And will she have the courage to survive? From the author of the “witty, inventively poetic” Rooftoppers comes an utterly beautiful story that’s sure to be treasured.
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Small Mercies
- By: Bridget Krone
- Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 11, 2020
- Language: English
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3.88(89 ratings)
3.88(89 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDMercy lives in modern-day Pietermaritzburg, South Africa with her eccentric foster aunts?two elderly sisters so poor, they can only afford one lightbulb. A nasty housing developer is eying their house. And that same house suddenly starts fallingMercy lives in modern-day Pietermaritzburg, South Africa with her eccentric foster aunts?two elderly sisters so poor, they can only afford one lightbulb. A nasty housing developer is eying their house. And that same house suddenly starts falling apart?just as Aunt Flora starts falling apart. She’s forgetting words, names, and even how to behave in public. Mercy tries to keep her head down at school so nobody notices her. But when a classmate frames her for stealing the school’s raffle money, Mercy’s teachers decide to take a closer look at her home life. Along comes Mr. Singh, who rents the back cottage of the house on Hodson Road. When he takes Mercy to visit a statue in the middle of the city, she learns that the shy, nervous “Mohandas” he tells stories about is actually Gandhi, who spent a cold and lonely night in the waiting room of the Pietermaritzburg train station over a hundred years ago. It marked the beginning of his life’s quest for truth.and the visit to his statue marks Mercy’s realization that she needs?just like Gandhi?to stand up for herself. Mercy needs a miracle. But to summon that miracle, she has to find her voice and tell the truth?and that truth is neither pure nor simple.
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Playing a Dangerous Game
- By: Patrick Ochieng
- Length: 4 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: August 17, 2021
- Language: English
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3.58(53 ratings)
3.58(53 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0012.99 USD“The further one stays from that evil house, the better.” Everyone in Lumush’s Nairobi neighborhood knows to stay away from the house on Desai Street. A family died there, and now the place is haunted by strange noises and ghosts“The further one stays from that evil house, the better.”
Everyone in Lumush’s Nairobi neighborhood knows to stay away from the house on Desai Street. A family died there, and now the place is haunted by strange noises and ghosts in the night.
Lumush and his friends, Dado, Mose, and Odush, who spend their free time hanging out by the wreck of an old Zephyr car near the railway yards, begin sneaking into the old house on Desai Street in search of adventure. They soon
realize that it’s not ghosts they have to fear but Mwachuma, the malevolent owner of the town junkyard who has his own reputation for violence.Meanwhile, Lumush’s father gets a promotion at work and Lumush is forced to attend the private (and wealthy) Hill School, where he feels woefully out of place. Seizing every chance to get together, the boys devote themselves to uncovering
what Mwachuma is up to at the house. As the boys dig deeper, strange and horrific deaths in town come to light, and they are certain he is behind them. But Mwachuma has a secret to protect at any cost, and when Lumush and his friends
are drawn further into the mystery, they face a mounting danger that they may not overcome.With propulsive and sharp storytelling, Patrick Ochieng’s rich coming-of-age novel smartly and humorously explores class, friendship, and corruption against the backdrop of 1970s Kenya.
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