Journey to Jo’Burg
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Publishing:10th Apr '25
£7.99
This title is due to be published on 10th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
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A compelling story of love and courage, for children aged 9 to 12
This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa’s apartheid.
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.
“ This story is compelling”
TES
“inspirational tale…”
Network
“Growing awareness of the sufferings of South Africa’s black children brings renewed point to Beverley Naidoo’s Journey to Joburg, a story for young readers, the more searing for its gentleness, that makes them ask questions we must learn to answer.”
Guardian
ISBN: 9780008726478
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 7mm
Weight: 270g
112 pages