num_pages: 80
description: This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa's apartheid. Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works 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 Naledi and Tiro face -- that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease.
language: English
title: Journey to Jo'Burg : A South African Story
titlecomplete: Journey to Jo'Burg : A South African Story
genres: Fiction, Family, Historical, South Africa, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 2572
places: South Africa
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: The Other Award, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education)
publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited