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No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa

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4 out of 5
Based on 37 Ratings and 26 Reviews

Book Description
Escaping from his violent stepfather, twelve-year-old Sipho heads for Johannesburg, where he has heard that gangs of children live on the streets.Surviving hunger and bitter-cold winter nights is hard'but learning when to trust in the `new' South Africa proves even more difficult.

No Turning Back appeared on the short list of both the Guardian and Smarties book prizes on the United Kingdom.... More
Book Information
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
BindingPaperback (6 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages208
ISBN-100064407497
ISBN-13978-0064407496
Publication Date01/06/1999
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About Beverley Naidoo (Author) : Beverley Naidoo is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Beverley Naidoo include Burn My Heart, Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Ho... more
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