The Frequency Thief · My Hadithi

The Frequency Thief

His grandfather's radio is gone. Oloo has one afternoon to find it and make things right.

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When Oloo fails to protect his grandfather's most treasured possession, a shortwave radio that has been Babu's voice of the world for thirty-four years, he must search every corner of their lakeside estate before evening falls. Set in a vividly drawn East African compound, this story asks what it means to truly understand someone else's intentions. For young readers learning that the world is rarely split into heroes and villains, and that empathy is a skill worth practising.

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