Gabriel Ellison

Teleke and Inonge are ambitious schoolgirls who like to have fun. Inonge meets a sugar daddy who she thinks can give her a career opening in broadcasting. She falls for him and believes he loves her. Her family and friends try to protect her, but she won't listen. Her friend, Teleke, manages to make the right choices. Some years later, they meet up again by chance. "HIV/AIDS Action Readers" aim to promote good health practice through extensive reading. They are designed to help young people to develop the knowledge, attitudes, self-esteem and skills needed to manage their relationships safely and happily, and to cope better with the crisis of HIV and AIDS, which is affecting all our communities today.

This story about a Zambian girl who wants to be a potter is on the third level of the "Hop, Step, Jump" series. The series moves on from stories told in simple sentences with basic grammatical structures, through freer use of language to the level of reading reached at the end of primary school.