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    Part of a Team
    Part of a Team
    Part of a Team
    Ebook70 pages34 minutes

    Part of a Team

    By Refiloe Moahloli and Katlego Keokgale

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    Morena loves his new school! There are so many fun extramural activities and games to play that he and his friends have set up their own championship. Before school starts and at break Morena and his friends plays marbles, cards, soccer and shoot hoops. After school they take the soccer online or jump into go-karts. Morena is determined to get all the points!

    But it isn’t just sports that he excels at, he can come up with a rap song on the spot and has a hilarious idea for an assignment that involves bringing your favourite traditional food to school. He can’t wait to see the teacher’s reaction after the whole class experiences the effects of eating samp and beans!

    If there’s one thing Morena takes seriously it is being the captain of his school’s softball team. He is good at pitching and his twin sister Rorisang is an excellent batter. But their team keeps losing! Morena isn’t scared of a challenge, he’ll try his best at any game to be a superstar. How can he help his team to do their best?

    A heart-warming story that celebrates family, friendship and working together. The book is also available in isiZulu, isiXhosa and Afrikaans.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan South Africa
    Release dateJul 1, 2022
    ISBN9781776251605
    Part of a Team
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    Refiloe Moahloli

    Refiloe Moahloli is passionate about writing stories that bring out the best in the human spirit, stories where children and the inner child in adults can identify and celebrate themselves. Refiloe grew up in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Information Systems from the University of Witwatersrand and spent the early part of her career navigating the corporate world. An eye-opening assignment to Mumbai eventually led to her pursuing her dream of becoming a full-time writer. She currently lives and works in Johannesburg.

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      Part of a Team - Refiloe Moahloli

      Pan Macmillan Children’s Books

      www.panmacmillan.co.za

      Chapter 1

      Long run to freedom

      Papa has decided that we should start jogging together in the mornings. I am the captain of the softball team and Papa says I need to be fit if I want to lead my team to victory.

      Papa is a madman. I usually climb out of bed fifteen minutes before we leave for school and now he wants me up before sunrise? The maddest part of his plan is that he loves his sleep almost as much as I do!

      ‘Vuka, vuka, vuka! Wake up, Morena!’ Papa bursts into my room, switching my light on and off.

      ‘Noooooo, Papa ... It’s too early,’ I groan.

      ‘Time for our run,’ says Papa. ‘Up, up, up!’

      I drag myself out of bed and pull on some clothes with my eyes half closed. Papa has to nudge me awake because I doze off while tying my shoelaces.

      When I have finished dressing, I follow him into the darkness of the morning.

      ‘Your problem is discipline, mfana wam,’ says Papa as we head out the gate. ‘You have all the talent in the world, but that won’t get you anywhere if you keep forgetting where you’re going.’

      It is way too early to be one of Papa’s projects, so I just nod and lug my body forward one step at a time.

      As we jog up the hill, memories of our first softball match play out in my head. What a disaster! We lost so badly that even the other team felt sorry for us.

      Softball is new to our school, but still, that walloping really hurt.

      ‘So, what kind of leader are you going to be?’ Papa asks, interrupting my thoughts. ‘A superstar or a playmaker?’

      ‘Whaaaat?’ I mumble, rubbing the tiredness out of my eyes.

      ‘Superstars are filled with talent. They know it and they show it. They inspire others by being the best. Or ... you can be the playmaker. The one who, regardless of his own talent, sees himself as part of a team. Both get the job done, but which one do you choose to be?’

      ‘Aaaaah, Papa. Do I really need to choose now? I can barely keep my eyes open,’ I say.

      ‘Soon, my boy, soon. You already lost your first match. Be fast, or others will choose for you.’

      Yoh. My dad needs to chill. He is taking this way too seriously.

      Chapter 2

      Practice makes almost perfect

      My twin sister Rorisang and I have been practising softball at home. Well, more like close to home. Mama went wild the day a ball whooshed past her head in our yard.

      ‘Morena le Rorisang,

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