Naido,Beverley. 1986.

Journey to Jo'burg : A South African story ./by Beverley Naidoo; - New York: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1986. - 80 p.: ill.; 20 cm.


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. Grades 5-8. 2008.

secondary school students.


Naidoo, Beverley -- Criticism and interpretation. Naidoo, Beverley.