GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE READING

Cover2Cover Books is a new exciting publisher of teen fiction based in Cape Town. Its first series of books is the Harmony High series. The publisher was founded as a social enterpreneurship focusing on empowering young people through literacy. It aims to fill a gap in the South African book market: publishing popular fiction relevant to the lives of the millions of township teenagers.

THE HARMONY HIGH SERIES

Cover2Cover’s first series of books – Harmony High – centres on the lives of a group of teens who attend Harmony High, a fictional township high school. The narratives are gripping and fast-paced and the messages positive, but not preachy. The novels read like soap-opera paperbacks, dealing with teenage angst in a readable and accessible way. The language is easy to understand, the chapters short and the plots – built on tension and excitement – aim to keep readers turning the page.