A story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit, set against the background of South Africa’s apartheid. Terrified their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother’s house to Johannesburg in search of their mother, who works there as a maid. Their journey exposes, at every turn, the grim realities of apartheid: the pass laws, the bantustans, the racism, the breakdown of family life. The opulence of the white “Madam’s” house stands in stark contrast to the truth Naledi and Tiro must face – that their baby sister is suffering not from an incurable disease, but from starvation. This edition of Beverley Naidoo’s classic includes a special “Why You’ll Love This Book” introduction by Michael Rosen, former Children’s Laureate.
ISBN 13: 9780007263509
Author: Beverley Naidoo
