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Journey to Jo'Burg

by Beverley Naidoo
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  • The Other Award (1985)
  • Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education) (1986)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Journey to Jo'Burg

by Beverley Naidoo
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ISBN: 9780006754558
Authors: Beverley Naidoo
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Date of Publication: 1999-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Young Adult, Historical Fiction
Goodreads rating: 3.76
(rated by 2625 readers)

Description

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.
 
  • The Other Award (1985)
  • Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education) (1986)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.