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Journey to Jo'burg

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3.1 out of 5
Based on 159 Ratings and 38 Reviews

Book 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 aparthei... More
Book Information
PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
BindingPaperback (4 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages80
ISBN-100006754554
ISBN-13978-0006754558
Publication Date09/06/1999
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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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