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Beverley Naidoo

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1) Journey to Jo'burg: a South African story

Author

Naidoo, Beverley

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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Separated from their mother by the harsh social and economic conditions prevalent among blacks in South Africa, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers to find her in Johannesburg.

2) Aesop's fables

Author

Naidoo, Beverley

Series

Classics)

Language

English

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Here are 16 of Aesop's wise, witty and timeless fables, portrayed for the first time in an African setting. This is an exciting new interpretation of one of the world's great classics. This unique story collection is vividly illustrated by Beverley Naidoo's fellow South African Piet Grobler, an internationally acclaimed illustrator.

3) The other side of truth

Author

Naidoo, Beverley

Series

Other Side of Truth

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

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Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria.

4) Out of bounds: seven stories of conflict and hope

Author

Naidoo, Beverley

Pub. Date

2003.

Language

English

Description

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Seven stories, spanning the time period from 1948 to 2000, chronicle the experiences of young people from different races and ethnic groups as they try to cope with the restrictions placed on their lives by South Africa's apartheid laws.

5) Burn my heart

Author

Naidoo, Beverley

Pub. Date

2009.

Edition

First U.S. edition.

Language

English

Description

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Two boys--one white, one black--share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s, a country shaken by a rebellion of Africans against white landowners, but suspicions and accusations are escalating, and an act of betrayal could change everything.

6) No turning back: a novel of South Africa

Author

Naidoo, Beverley

Pub. Date

1997.

Edition

First American edition.

Language

English

Description

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When the abuse at home becomes too much for twelve-year-old Sipho, he runs away to the streets of Johannesburg and learns to survive in the post-apartheid world.