BOOK REVIEW: THE ADVENTURES OF NIHU BY OMORUYI UWUIGIAREN

MEET NIHU, THE ADVENTURER

When Nihu is accused of murder by the king. He must run away quickly or die an innocent man. He is not his uncle's murderer! The Adventures of Nihu by Omoruyi Uwulqlaren is a book full of adventure and magic. Yes, the author took me into a beautiful and ugly world of fantasy. I held on tightly to the author's hand because of the many dangers and strange sights. All of these magical happenings take place in Africa in The Lonely Forest. During his travels Nihu meets with a frog looking girl named Suli, a six inch guy named Ndolo who owns a special light and Argon, the ruler of the mountain which just might end Nihu's normal life.

The great deceiver made me a foul toad. He accused me of staring at him while he was offering a sacrifice in the pit.

Also, the African setting is wonderful. There are Baobab trees, of course, monkeys, Iroko trees and believe it or not crocodiles fighting boas. I won't tell which animal wins this hard smacking contest in the wilds. There are talking trees and a talking cockerel. Let's just say the novel is full of the African forest.

"The tree gushing out blood reminded Nihu of the ancient Iroko tree, the home of witches and wizards."

"The monkeys were hopping through the trees. The fruits on the tree were ripe enough to serve their hungry purpose."

Along the way Nihu meets special people willing to help him. Unfortunately, they are not with him long. However, they willingly share their adventures with Nihu including the death of a special friend.

Nihu is a good listener. He is open to all new and honorable truths hoping each one will lead him to freedom and back to the countryside. One friend is Phil.

"You have no choice, my boy, Since Macques' death, I have been living alone. You can too...A solitary life is not such a bad thing. I have new-found confidence after I have eaten and lived with the jungle devils..."

--REVIEWER, BLUE HOST

ABOUT THE BOOK

This novel is a classic legend of a young hero’s magical journey through a fantasy world where he is tested with incredible challenges that can only stem from the soul of the author’s genuine African culture and vivid imagination. Being falsely accused of a crime, Nihu, a tribal African boy, is banished to the Lonely Forest. In order to regain his freedom, he must find a way to defeat the unbeatable and confront challenges that draw analogies to our own realities. Like The Lord of the Rings, this epic high fantasy novel carries the reader to another time and place. Nihu gets sucked into a world inside of a stone, visits
a powerful ruler in an underwater city, and befriends a group of refugees. The Adventures of Nihu will not only allow an audience of all ages to escape their own realities, but draw them into a world of high hopes, powers, and unimaginable desires.

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Water Everywhere (Review by Joseph Onokpasa)

The novel 'Water Everywhere', Ngozi Ebubedike, is not just an interesting narrative but a blend of literary, geography and science studies. The author has used this text to enhance the learning process of pupils and young students. It is made up of question-and-answer sections between the two major characters in the book, a mother and her young son.

    Abuchi, a curious boy, gets fascinated with water. His intent to play in the rain sets this discourse between him and his mother. He wants to know why the mother calls the falling water rain. His mother explains. He asks more questions on water and it leads to several topics. As the mother continues to ditch out answers to Abuchi, he becomes more fascinated with the new topics from the discourse. Hence the text includes lectures on streams and rivers, dams and lakes, seas and oceans, and then the various uses of water.

    Abuchi could be described as the hero of this narrative. He is very inquisitive and interested in acquiring knowledge - a role model for children his age. The mother is an intelligent woman, who is also interested in impacting knowledge in her son - what all mothers should emulate.

    The author has used the third person narrator on this book, which gives more life to it. It is a gripping narrative that is imbued with suspense. Once you start reading from page one, you become glued to it.

    I commend the author for bringing out such  a valuable work, and I also recommend the book for studies in our schools. It is a book of knowledge that can enhance the learning processes of pupils and young students.

by Joseph Onokpasa.

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The girl with a saucy mouth(children's book)

 

About the book

Isioma is saucy and unafraid of anything or anybody, always up to one mischief or another around the village. 

“If you are angry, excrete bees,” is her standard answer to anyone who gets angry with her. One day she said it to someone who actually excreted bees.

Chapter one

“Isiiiii... oma, Isiiiiiii…... oma oooo.”

Isioma hissed and hit the palm fruit nut on a stone slab hard with the round stone in her hand. The shell and the kernel inside shattered into pieces.

Her mother’s voice shouted her name again.

“Mtcheew! Mama should leave me alone, biko.” She put another palm nut on the stone slap and hit it. With less vigour. The shell cracked, another soft hit, the shell shattered. She picked out the kernel and added it to the growing number in her left palm.

“Isioma, is it not you mama is calling?” Chioma, her younger sister’s voice, asked from behind her.

Isioma turned and looked at her. “If I get you there, I will twist your mouth.”

“Come and twist my mouth now. Mama has been shouting your name since and you didn’t want to answer her.”

“I say get out of here.”

“You only know how to insult somebody.”

“If it is paining you, excrete bees.” Isioma eyed her and turned to continue cracking the palm fruit nuts. She would teach her a lesson later. For now, cracking enough palm kernels to use and drink garri was her primary concern.

“So, Isioma, you are in this backyard, and I have been shouting myself hoarse calling your name?”

Isioma dropped the stone in her hand and stood up. When she saw the fury in her mother’s eyes, her eyes darted around in search of an escape route 

“Mama, I told her you were calling her, and she said she will twist my mouth if I disturb her,” Chioma reported.

“Mama, I’m hungry, I’m looking for something to eat,” Isioma said mutinously. 

“The hunger blocked your ears that you didn’t hear me shouting your name. O kwn ya? Every time you are hungry and after all the food you consume in this house, you still look like a broomstick.”

Isioma stared at her mother with defiance. “Is it my fault I look like a broomstick?”

“No, it is my fault. When you expand all your energy, fighting around the village and climbing trees. How will you have flesh? Ajor nwa, bad child, I don’t know where you got your bad manners from. Go and fetch water. Let’s start making the evening meal before your father comes back from the market.”

“I have not finished cracking the palm nuts. I want to drink garri. I said I’m hungry.” Isioma twisted her face in anger.

“I said I’m hungry,” her mother mimicked. “Try my patience this afternoon and I will break your skull for real.” Her mother took a threatening step toward her, and Isioma took to her heels. 

A Few minutes later she came out of the house.  With a swollen face and a water-can held firmly in her armpit, she walked with brisk strides toward the pathway that led to the village stream. 

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