Journey to Jo'burg : A South African story
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TextPublication details: London HarperCollins 2008Description: 88pISBN: - 9780007263509
- YL/NAI
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Kids Books
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Colombo Children's Area | Fiction | YL/NAI | Checked out | Age Group 8 - 10 years (Yellow Tag) | 24/02/2019 | CY00009313 | ||
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Colombo Children's Area | YL/NAI |
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Age Group 8 - 10 years (Yellow Tag) | CY00009307 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid.
Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid. Their journey illustrates at every turn the grim realities of apartheid - the pass laws, bantustans, racism, the breakdown of family life.
The opulence of the white "Madam's" house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi and Tiro face - that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease.
This edition of Beverley Naidoo's classic story includes a special "Why You'll Love This Book" introduction by Michael Rosen, former Children's Laureate.
£ 6.99
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