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What is that novel you can never forget that you read in secondary school?

me; they are many of them like Woman in her Prime, Ozigolo, Women of Owu, Blind Search, Medicine for Money.

Mine are...

God's big toe

The Concubine

The God's are not to blame

Born without a silver spoon

Animal farm

Twelfth night. Shakespearen drama

Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe

The passport of mallam ilia by Cyprian Ekwensi

An african night's entertainment by Cyprian Ekwensi

Drummer boy by Cyprian Ekwensi

Eze goes to school by Onuora Nzekwu

The African child by Camara Laye
Black Boy by Richard Wright
My Father's Daughter by Mabel Segun
Without a Silver Spoon by Eddie Iroh
Tunde on The Run ( can't recall Author's name )
Drummer Boy by Cyprian Ekwensi
Petals of Blood by N'gugi wa Thiongo
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Treasure Island by RL Stevenson

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Without a silver spoon
lion and the jewel
Things fall apart
Arrow of God
African child
My father's car
Chike and the river
No longer at ease
Beautiful ones are not yet born
Bottled leopard
The drummer boy
Robinson Crusoe
Treasure island
Eze goes to school
One week one trouble

Things fall apart half of a yellow sun Lonely days Othello Girls at war Audrey Rose

The concubine

mine is Koku Baboni The bottled leopard

Chike and the River

The Sugar Girl. Ralia!

primary school tho.

Ghostrye:
mine is
Koku Baboni
The bottled leopard

wow thank u very much. I really loved reading this then.

morani the courageous queen
By
segun thomas ajayi

Second Class Citizen
by
Buchi Emecheta

Joy of motherhood by buchi Emecheta.

Sizwe banzi is dead by Athol fuggard


The gods are not to be blame by ola lotimi

Animal farm by George orwell

Chike and the river
Chinua Achebe

Things fall apart
Chinua Achebe



Did some Shakespeare collection..

CalliDora1:
Mine are...

God's big toe- Nwachukwu Agbada

The Concubine- Elechi Amadi

The God's are not to blame- Ola Rotimi

Born without a silver spoon- Eddie Iroh

Animal farm- George Orwell

Twelfth night- William Shakespeare

We were in high school at the same time

After The Hubbub

Oliver Twist
The Burning Grass
Samankwe and the Highway Robbers
Arms and the man
She stoops to conquer
Chike and the river
Wedlock of the gods
Echi di ime
Tales out of school
Adventures of Souza
The African Child
The virtuous woman
Animal Farm
The mayor of Casterbridge
The Potter's Wheel
The Concubine
Lamb Tales from Shakespeare
Twelfth night or what you will

Literature was my favourite subject and I was a library rat. I read over 100 novels but the ones listed were in our curriculum.

WalkerMichael:
wow thank u very much. I really loved reading this then.

a lot of people don't even remember the book, and it was damn interesting

CalliDora1:
Mine are...

God's big toe

The Concubine

The God's are not to blame

Born without a silver spoon

Animal farm

Twelfth night. Shakespearen novel

You've read God's Big Toe?

Gather here if you want to know the true ages of some Nairalanders... or at least have an idea.

Meanwhile, for me, it's Oliver Twist.

Yes and Man Of The People by Prof. Achebe. That book is damn hilarious.

I don't know if you mean as a literature student cuz I wasn't one but I loved reading those literature books sha.

The ones I can't forget include...

Faceless
Eze goes to school
Purple hibiscus
A midsummer night's dream
Native son
Last days at forcados high school (dunno if this counts)

Etc,etc

Silas marner.
The black boy.
The man for all seasons.
The joys of motherhood.

I was a science student that year for secondary school, but I was compelled to read these novels in SS1

- Women of Owo

- Our husband has gone mad again

- Lord Of the flies.

- Arrow of the Gods

- Things fall apart( My favourite Novel of all time )

- Telephone conversation ( by Wole Soyinka)

And others I can't remember.

Think and grow rich
Richest man in Babylon
String theory for dummies
Astrophysics for people in a hurry

mansakhalifa:
You've read God's Big Toe?

Yeah I did. Veeeeeery interesting. Though I hate that it ended badly.

9jaBloke:
We were in high school at the same time

I guess so.

Did i really read any novel in highschool
I dont think so

CalliDora1:
Yeah I did. Veeeeeery interesting. Though I hate that it ended badly.

Well, it is what it is.

The author set out to write a tragedy. As such, the book had to end that way.

But I don't think it ended all that badly since the brat later made peace with his mother and sisters.

My teacher made me read that book by the way. Literature.

mansakhalifa:
Well, it is what it is.

The author set out to write a tragedy. As such, the book had to end that way.

But I don't think it ended all that badly since the brat later made peace with his mother and sisters.

My teacher made me read that book by the way. Literature.

Yeah it was a tragic story. It's a long time though but I know it was about an only son that was spoilt as a result of that.

I'm prolly mixing it up with another one .." "death in the family". They are both tragedy and I read all.

Nicklaus619:
I was a science student that year for secondary school, but I was compelled to read these novels in SS1

- Women of Owo

- Our husband has gone mad again

- Lord Of the flies.

- Arrow of the Gods

- Things fall apart( My favourite Novel of all time )

- Telephone conversation ( by Wole Soyinka)

And others I can't remember.

As a good student of literature, I can tell that you are not one yourself.

Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again and Telephone Conversation are not novels. Remember, the OP said 'novels'.

"Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again", for instance, is not a novel. It is a short play. In other words, drama not prose.

Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka on the other hand, is a poem. In other words, it falls under poetry.

Uyi168:
Silas marner.
The black boy.
The man for all seasons.
The joys of motherhood.

Black Boy by Richard Wright

CalliDora1:
Yeah it was tragic story. It's a long time though but I know it was about an onlu son that was spoilt as a result of that.

I'm prolly mixing it up with another one .." "death in the family". They are both tragedy and I read all.

The main character in God's Big Toe was a character called Onwubiko if I remember correctly.

That was over ten years ago.

mansakhalifa:
Black Boy by Richard Wright

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Yeah.