Journey to Jo’Burg

Beverley Naidoo (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2025
Harpercollins (Verlag)
9780008726478 (ISBN)

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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.

Beverley Naidoo was born in South Africa and grew up under apartheid. After arrest and detention without trial, she came to England. She married another exile and was only able to return freely twenty-six years later, after Nelson Mandela's release from jail. Their two children were brought up in England where she still lives. She goes back to South Africa to stay in touch, especially with young people. A teacher for many years, she has a doctorate in education and a number of honorary degrees. Journey to Jo'burg was her first children's book. It was an eye-opener for readers worldwide, winning awards, but it was banned in South Africa until 1991.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.04.2025
Reihe/Serie	HarperCollins Children’s Classics
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	80 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Religion / Philosophie / Psychologie
ISBN-13	9780008726478 / 9780008726478
Zustand	Neuware