Theme: segregation

Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

We are the young people, We will not be broken! For almost fifty years, apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Blacks, Whites, Indians, and “Coloreds.” This unique and dramatic collection of stories—by native South African and Carnegie Medalist Beverley Naidoo—is about young people’s choices in a beautiful country made [...]

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Afrika

By auraenid | Published: December 1, 2008

For thirteen-year-old Kim, travel to South Africa with her journalist mother will mark the end of her childhood and the beginning of a remarkable journey. Expecting nothing more than three months in her mother’s homeland, Kim comes to terms with the country’s diverse and often shocking history. The Truth and Reconciliation Hearings in post-apartheid South [...]

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), South Africa » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment