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 apartheid – the pass laws, bantustans, racism, the breakdown of family life.
The opulence of the white “Madam’s” house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi and Tiro face – that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease.
Product code: 9780008726478
| ISBN |
9780008726478 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
198x129x7 |
| Series |
HarperCollins Children’s Classics |
| No. Of Pages |
112 |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers |
| On Sale Date |
10/04/2025 |