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Out of Bounds : Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))
Out of Bounds Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope - Jane Addams Award Book Awards
Author: Beverley Naidoo
We are the young people, — We will not be broken! — We demand freedom — And say — "Away with slavery — In our land of Africa!" — For almost fifty years apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Blacks, Whites, Indians, and "Coloreds." This unique and dramatic collection of stories -- by native South African and Carnegie Medali...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060507992
ISBN-10: 0060507993
Publication Date: 1/2003
Pages: 192
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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The collection contains seven stories arranged chronologically beginning in the 1940s to the abolition of apartheid, the election of Mandela up to 2000. Each story is told from the point of view of a young person. This is apartheid up close and personal. In The Dare, Veronica has to complete a dare of crossing a notoriously evil neighbors yard in order to be allowed to play with neighboring children. She witnesses a child beaten for being accused of stealing an orange while she is the welcomed intruder sent to steal evidence of her crossing the boundaries. In The Noose, a young colored boy learns what it means to registered and classified. When he father is ordered to report for registration and is classified black instead of colored the identity his family has lived as, their livelihood is threatened. The Playground is akin to Little Rock story in the U.S. Rosa is among the first black children to attend a previously all white school. Each story is an intimate view of how young people reacted to the events that directly affected their lives. This wasnt someone else somewhere else. This was them living during a volatile, oppressive period that shaped their lives.
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