Journey to Jo'burg

This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spiritagainst the background of South Africa’s apartheid.Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen year old Naledi and her youngerbrother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, whoworks there as a maid. Their journey illustrates at every turn the grim realities of apartheid– the pass laws, Bantustans, racism, the breakdown of family life.The opulence of the white “Madam’s” house contrasts starkly with the reality that Nalediand Tiro face – that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease.This edition of Beverley Naidoo’s classic story includes a special “Why You’ll Love ThisBook” introduction by Michael Rosen, the Children’s Laureate.