This account of life on the streets of Johannesburg won the Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Award in 1988. His seven older brothers have all left home, and now there's just Johnny, Ma and her bullying second husband. So Johnny begins the life of a stroller - begging on the street, sleeping where he can.

 

There are 120 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

LESLEY BEAKE is a multi-award-winning writer for children and young adults. Her international awards include, for Song of Be , a Children's Book of Note and the Best Book for Young Adults by the ALA. Outside South Africa her books have been published in ten countries. Of the 45 books published in South Africa, one has been translated into thirteen African languages. Her first book for Frances Lincoln was the highly-acclaimed picture book Home Now , illustrated by Karin Littlewood. She lives in Simon's Town, near Cape Town, South Africa.