This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africaa??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 a??Madama??sa?? house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi and Tiro face - that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease. This new edition of Beverley Naidooa??s classic story includes a special a??Why Youa??ll Love This Booka?? introduction by Michael Rosen, the Childrena??s Laureate.
Dimensions:124 x 194
Author: Beverley Naidoo
ISBN: 9780007263509
Format: Paperback
Pages 96