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14%OFFBeverley Naidoo - Burn My Heart - 9780141321240 - V9780141321240
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Burn My Heart

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Description for Burn My Heart Paperback. The Mau Mau - name of a secret society that once struck terror into the hearts of British settlers in Kenya. An episode in history that ended in a State of Emergency, with violent and brutal acts dividing a nation. This book tells the story of how in a country riven by fear and prejudice, even best of friends can betray one another. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 134.
The Mau Mau - the name of a secret society that once struck terror into the hearts of British settlers in Kenya. An episode in history that ended in a State of Emergency, with violent and brutal acts dividing a nation. 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141321240
SKU
V9780141321240
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About Beverley Naidoo
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 ... Read more

Reviews for Burn My Heart
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
Jon Snow on , winner of the Carnegie Medal
The Other Side of Truth
Naidoo shows her ability to take stories that are hot off the ... Read more

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