The Granny JJ Adventures Vol 2: She Back!: The Granny JJ Adventures, #2

By Joshua Cartwright

Granny JJ has ten children, lots of grandchildren - and should be relaxing in her old age. But she can't! She won't!
Not while there are vexing crimes going on in the local Guyana villages - and no-one is solving them. So, she'll have to do it!

Can she solve the case of the Portable Parking Meters? Where IS the Skulking schoolboy going?

By popular demand Granny JJ is back! Five new stories are immediately available and if Granny tells us more then you'll get more new stories (your kindle app or Kindle device will be updated automatically for you by Amazon as each one is released).
Each one is written in phonetic Guyanese Creole with great love for Guyana! But don't worry - if you can read English then you can read what Granny JJ says!

In this release of volume 2 you'll get:

. Granny JJ and The Case of the Portable Parking Meters
. Granny JJ and the Case of the Skulking Schoolboy
. Granny JJ and the Case of the Double Bus Driver
. The case of the Disappearing Bandit
. The Case of the Fake Holy Spirit
. The Case of the Super Secret Singer

. De Oil Well in de Yard

Granny JJ Volume one is available to buy now. It has nine stories and has been favorably reviewed by an award-winning author, the High Commissioner of Guyana - and people from Guyana and the Caribbean love it! Granny even recently got a letter from the President of Guyana (really!)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Living Words
• Release date: Dec 8, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386589266

Book preview

Thanks

This book was made possible with the generous help of:

Glenda Cartwright (Translator)

Melinda Thomas-DeJesus (Translator)

Index of Stories

❖  De Case of De Portable Parking Meters...p8

❖  De Case of De Skulking Schoolboy...p13

❖  De Case of De Double Bus Driver...p17

❖  De Case of De Disappearing Bandit...p23

❖  De Case of De Fake Holy Spirit...p29

❖  De Case of De Super Secret Singer...p34

❖  De Case of De Oil Well in De Yard...p41

Introducing:  GRANNY JJ

Granny JJ lives in Soesdyke, Guyana, South America in a lil' house surrounded by three sides ah bush.

She’s duh mudda ah ten pickey an have seven grandpickey and five great grandpickney. An she always right. An annoyingly, most time she is. She have a straang faith in God, an’ dun like it when people fast (of course, she jus curious!)

She love Malta, Pepperpot and most of all – Guyana.

Granny’s Detective Fingerprint:

Whenever Granny solves ah mystery – she mark de story with she special fingerprint.

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How to read Creole

English is the main language of Guyana, South America where Granny JJ lives.

Granny speaks Creole which is English mixed with words from African, Arawakan, Dutch, and East Indian languages.

We’ve written her words as they would sound and here’s a few of them with American/British English spelling and explanations alongside:

❖  ‘Batties’ = Bottom

❖  ‘Buffiana’ = Person with Amerindian, and Black parents

❖  ‘Buss a laugh’= Laugh out loud

❖  ‘Cigrit’ = Cigarette

❖  ‘Coolie’ = East-Indian person

❖  ‘De’ = The

❖  ‘Death notice’ = Televised or radio announcement of a death

❖  ‘Deh’ = There

❖  ‘Dey’ = They

❖  ‘Drainer’ = Manhole/drain cover

❖  ‘Ee’ = ‘He’ 

❖  ‘Fast’ = Nosy

❖  ‘Fuh’ = Fuh

❖  ‘Gaffin’ = Talking

❖  ‘Interior’ = The jungle regions of Guyana

❖  ‘JP’ =Justice of the Peace – like a Solicitor

❖  ‘Jumbee’ = Ghost

❖  ‘Ketch ah five’ = Take a nap

❖  ‘Mekking styles’ = Bad attitude/behaviour

❖  ‘Musse’=Must

❖  ‘Nah’ = No or Don’t

❖  ‘Pepperpot’ = National dish: mixed meat, veg and spicy gravy

❖  ‘Pickney’ = Child

❖  ‘Pork-knocker’ - Gold miner

❖  ‘Pisa’ = Money

❖  ‘She’ and ‘He’ = Her and His

❖  ‘Sweet woman’ = Second girlfriend/other woman

❖  ‘Teef’ = Thief

❖  ‘Tek’ = Take

❖  ‘Tuh’ = To

❖  ‘Vex’ = Very annoyed

Many words use an ‘aa’ sound instead of an ‘o’.

Before long you’ll be gaffin just like Granny!

DE CASE OF DE PORTABLE PARKING METERS

Granny JJ bin in Regent Street wan evenin when she see ah blue car gehting tow away. De owner run owt de shop afta it but de tow-truck nah stap. De lady sit down on de corner, an she bawl she eyes owt.

Granny feel so sarri fuh she even tho she nah know she. It cast ova ten thousand Guyanese dollars tuh geh yuh car bak an dis woman might be ah mama wid picknies.

"Dis nah