In Lion of Africa John is a prison guard who must watch South Africa's most 'dangerous' prisoner - Nelson Mandela. As John gets to know Mandela, his ideas about his country and about freedom start to change These highly motivating, action-packed visual texts will excite young readers. TreeTops Graphic Novels offer a different kind of reading challenge to engage 7-11 year olds. These historically-themed stories contain links to real events and non-fiction pages to give context and purpose to reading. The thought-provoking topics make these stories ideal for encouraging discussion and drama. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with children's reading development also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk. The books are finely levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Reading Tree Treetops Graphic Novels .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a comic book. This book was published 2014 by Rubicon Publishing Inc .

Mary Jennifer Payne is the author of the Daughters of Light series, the YA novel Since You've Been Gone , and several YA graphic stories. She lives in Toronto.