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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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"Cry, the Beloved Country" is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its lyricism, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry, the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man."
This is the most famous novel ever produced about Apartheid South Africa. "Cry,...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
For years, it had been what is called a “deteriorating situation.” Now all over South Africa the cities are battlegrounds. The members of the Smales family—liberal whites—are rescued from the terror by their servant, July, who leads them to refuge in his village. What happens to the Smaleses and to July—the shifts in character and relationships—gives us an unforgettable look into the terrifying, tacit understandings and misunderstandings...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
This singular collection of five stories takes the reader inside Nigeria, Benin, and Ethiopia, revealing in beautiful prose the harsh consequences for children of life in Africa.
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1984.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In South Africa, whose civil administration is collapsing under the pressure of years of civil strife, an obscure young gardener named Michael K decides to take his mother on a long march away from the guns towards a new life in the abandoned countryside. Everywhere he goes however, the war follows him. Tracked down and locked up as a collaborator with the rural guerrillas, he embarks on a fast that angers, baffles, and finally awes his captors. The...
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