First edition published December 2010; cover, layout and design by New Voices; Printing by MegaDigital, Cape Town.

About the Book:

“Tammy is a thirteen-year-old African-American schoolgirl in California. She is a rebel, at home and at school. On the first day of term, a new boy, Kai, arrives at her school. He and Tammy form an immediate bond. This is partly physical and emotional, but also has another aspect, which Kai soon reveals to her.”.

About the Author:

Samantha’s family, originally from Malawi, now lives in Cape Town. Samantha herself was born on 16 January 1997 in Mafikeng, North West Province, and is the youngest of three sisters. Today she is a grade 8 pupil at St Cyprians High School in Cape Town.
She showed an interest and aptitude for writing from an early age, and had her first short story published by Froggy Press at the age of nine. Since then she has rapidly matured, and her talent has grown, along with her interest in the arts, designing for Sassuchi M, in reading widely and in playing the piano.
‘Mastermind’ is her first full-length work, and reflects a great deal of Samantha’s own energy and vitality, her humour, and her sharp eye for the foibles of friends and family. It offers a vision of the teenage world, as it were, from the inside, with all the emotional intensity of self-discovery, of seeking new relationships, of life as an adventure about to happen.
samimbwana@yahoo.com
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