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Journey to Jo'burg

by Beverley Naidoo

Ages 9–12 Reading age 9 Short chapters Set in the past thoughtfulmoving

With their baby sister dangerously ill, Naledi and Tiro walk three hundred kilometres across apartheid South Africa to find their mother.

A story about children and families, thoughtful and moving in tone. We would put it with children of 9–12, and at a reading age of about 9 for reading alone.

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