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Total pages original book: 112
Includes a PDF summary of 9 pages
Duration of the summary (audio): 7M8S (1.8 MB)
Description or summary of the audiobook: 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, the Children's Laureate.
Other categories, genre or collection: Children's Fiction, Society & Social Issues, Children's General Story Books