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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.
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Publication: 10 Apr 2025, HarperCollins 
ISBN: 9780008726478

Extent: 112 pages

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        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.
        Paperback

        Publication: 10 Apr 2025, HarperCollins 
        ISBN: 9780008726478

        Extent: 112 pages

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