La fata ga le boe fela (Sotho, Northern, Paperback)

Winner - Maskew Miller Longman 2015 Literature Awards. Padi ye e anega ka tsa bophelo bja Kholofelo yoo e lego radino wa bokgoni, mosemane yo a hloetse lerato la motswadi; wa pelo yeo e rothago dikeledi ge a gopola ka go hloka mabobo a motswadi. Kholofelo o godiswa ke makgolo wa gagwe yo e sego wa madi, Mma Mabunda. Mmagwe Kholofelo wa madi o ile a hlokofala nakong ya ge Kholofelo e be e sa le yo monyane. Tlhohlo ye kgolo yeo Kholofelo ke go nyaka go tseba tatagwe wa madi le go ba radino wa maemo a godimo wa profesenale. Bokgoni bja Kholofelo bo lemogwa ke Morei yo a bego a hlahla sehlopha sa sekolo sa gabo sa Dorothy Langa. Makgolo wa Kholofelo ga a nyake ka Kholofelo. Kholofelo o tshaba gae a tswa lesolo la go yo nyakana le tatagwe. Se se ile sa dira gore a feleletse a le mebileng a tlaisega. Ka lebaka la bokgoni le lerato la gagwe la kgwele ya maoto, Kholofelo o ile a kopana le Morei gape nakong ya ge a bapalela sehlopheng sa basemane ba Seshego. Morei o ile a mo ngwadisa sehlopheng sa sekolo sa Dorothy Langa. Kholofela o feleletsa a itshidolla le sehlopha sa profesenale fao a kopanago le tatagwe wa madi. Ka go ba gona ga Kholofelo sehlopha sa Dorothy Langa se kgona go sireletsa sebjana sa Danone. Mabonchi Motimele o belegwe e le ngwana wa boraro go ba lesome (10) ba Mohu John Makapara le Aletta Matshediso Motimele. O tsene sekolo sa Praemari sa Sione, go tloga moo a ya go sa go Phagama sa Makgoka, moo a phethilego lengwalo la gagwe la Marematlou gona. O ngwadile dipuku tsa go feta tse masome a mahlano. Magareng ga tsona ke Bana ba mpa, The Boy with the Guitar, Ntwamogolo, Ke a hwa ke a ikepela, The Mouth Harp, Ithute Segageno, le Beng ba lefase le. Kholofelo is a very talented young goalkeeper. His mother died when he was a baby and Mma Mabunda became Kholofelo's foster parent. All he knows about his father is that he was a very good goal keeper. This drives Kholofelo to work very hard at his soccer to be like his father. Kholofelo is tormented by the lack of his parents and searches all over for the father he does not know. He ends up living on the streets. One day Morei, the coach who has been searching for him, finds him playing for another team. He recruits him and takes him to trials at a professional team academy. To his joy he is selected, and when he introduces himself to the head coach, he discovers that this is the father he has been searching for so long. "The story is of very good quality. It will engage and grip the readers' imagination. It is rich with internal conflict for young Kholofelo who wants to achieve his goal in soccer but is restricted by his environment." Aletta Motimele, judge of the Maskew Miller Longman Literature Awards.