Journey to Jo'burg : a South African story /

Naidoo, Beverley.

Journey to Jo'burg : a South African story / by Beverley Naidoo ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez. - First American edition. - New York, NY : HarperCollins, ©1986. - 80 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Sequel: Chain of fire.

When their baby sister becomes dangerously ill, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers from their village to Johannesburg, where their mother works as a maid for a white family.

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.

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Blacks--South Africa--Juvenile fiction.


South Africa--Race relations--Juvenile fiction.


Fiction.

PZ7.N1384 / Jo 1985

LR823 N155J