This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africas 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 Madams house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi and Tiro face that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease. This edition of Beverley Naidoos classic story includes a special Why Youll Love This Book introduction by Michael Rosen, former Childrens Laureate.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Collins, Collins Modern Classics, Harpercollins Children's Modern Classics, New Century Readers, The Journey To Joburg Series .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

This book was published in 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Beverley Naidoo is a South-African born writer and an educationalist. Apartheid prevented her and her Indian husband living in their country of birth, so they moved to Bournemouth, where Beverley is an Advisory Teacher for Cultural Diversity.