Journey to Jo'burg

A South African Story

• Author(s): Beverley Naidoo,
• Publisher: Collins
• Pages: 90
• ISBN_10: 0006754554
  ISBN_13: 9780006754558
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / General , Juvenile Fiction / Classics , Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American & Black , Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Africa , Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / General , Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism ,

Description:... FICTION. 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 new edition of Beverley Naidoo's classic story includes a special "Why You'll Love This Book" introduction by Michael Rosen, the Children's Laureate.