Out of Bounds - Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope

Informationen zum Autor Beverley Naidoo joined the resistance to apartheid as a student in South Africa, leading to detention without trial and exile in England. She is the author of the widely popular Journey to Jo’burg , the Carnegie Medal winner The Other Side of Truth, its sequel, Web of Lies, and the award-winning books Out of Bounds, No Turning Back, and Burn My Heart. Visit her online at www.beverleynaidoo.com. Klappentext 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 ugly by injustice. Each story is set in a different decade during the turbulent years from 1948 to 2000, and portrays powerful fictional characters who are caught up in very real and often disturbing events. Zusammenfassung 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 ugly by injustice. Each story is set in a different decade during the turbulent years from 1948 to 2000! and portrays powerful fictional characters who are caught up in very real and often disturbing events.

Product details

• Authors: Beverley Naidoo
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.06.2008
• EAN: 9780060508012
• ISBN: 978-0-06-050801-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 193 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship, JUVENILE FICTION: General, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Violence, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism, JUVENILE FICTION: Short Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / Africa, JUVENILE FICTION: People & Places / Africa, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Strangers, JUVENILE FICTION: Social Themes / Activism & Social Justice, JUVENILE FICTION: African American & Black