Burn My Heart
Autor Beverley Naidooen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 iul 2007 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This is an intensely personal and vivid story of two boys: one black, one white. Once they were friends even though their circumstances are very different. But in a country riven by fear and prejudice, even the best of friends can betray one another . . .
Internationally acclaimed and award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores new territory in this beautifully realized and moving story set in Britain's colonial past.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141321240
ISBN-10: 0141321245
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: None
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141321245
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: None
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
South
African
author
Beverley
Naidoo
was
exiled
from
her
home
country
when
she
was
a
student
in
1965,
for
campaigning
against
apartheid.
Her
first
children's
novel,
JOURNEY
TO
JO'BURG,
was
banned
in
South
Africa
when
it
was
published
in
1985
and
only
available
there
after
the
release
of
Nelson
Mandela
from
jail
in
1991.
It
was
however
published
in
many
other
countries
around
the
world
and
widely
praised
for
its
eloquent,
moving
and
accessible
story.
Her
later
novel,
THE
OTHER
SIDE
OF
TRUTH,
won
the
Carnegie
Medal
in
2000
and
she
has
written
many
other
acclaimed
books
for
children.
Beverley
lives
in
the
UK.
Recenzii
Sometimes
you
have
to
break
the
rules,
particularly
when
those
rules
are
based
on
prejudice.
Naidoo
breaks
the
rules,
producing
books
for
young
people
which
recognize
that
they
want
to
know
about
the
real
world
Naidoo shows her ability to take stories that are hot off the press, give them emotional depth and raise questions about society and our own responsibilities to each other
A wonderfully accessible story laced with powerful messages of family commitment and human rights. Beverley Naidoo's own South African origins and subsequent exile in London provide heartfelt spine to this book
Naidoo shows her ability to take stories that are hot off the press, give them emotional depth and raise questions about society and our own responsibilities to each other
A wonderfully accessible story laced with powerful messages of family commitment and human rights. Beverley Naidoo's own South African origins and subsequent exile in London provide heartfelt spine to this book