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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.

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Book category Books in English Children's, Teenage & educational Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories General fiction (Children's / Teenage)

• Full title: Journey to Jo'Burg
• Author: Beverley Naidoo
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• EAN: 9780007263509
• ISBN: 0007263503
• ID: 04005116
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Weight: 86 g
• Dimensions: 141 × 197 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. March 2008

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