An award-winning novel about the plight of young Zimbabwean refugees and the power of brotherly love
Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas and novels and the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He has written operas for young people based on African mythology as well as the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world. Michael is bringing Porgy and Bess and the Nelson Mandela Trilogy operas to the UK in June 2012
The triumph of human endeavour against a harrowing landscape... A
gripping, powerful tale that will more than touch your soul. Quite
simply, this story needs to be read.
*Jason Wallace, multi-award-winning author of 'Out of Shadows'*
A wonderfully written, thought-provoking novel. . . It deserves a
wide audience.
*Bali Rai*
From the dusty fields of Zimbabwe to the refugee camps of South
Africa, this is a heartbreaking, unputdownable tale of prejudice,
resilience and brotherly love.
*The Bookseller*
Gripping, suspenseful and deeply compassionate
*Kirkus Review*
This is a moving and important story about the brutality that takes
place when dictators rule and hatred mounts. But it is ultimately
uplifting when, united by football, a group of South African
refugees reach the Street Soccer World Cup final.
*Bookseller*
Gr 7 Up-In Zimbabwe, 14-year-old Deo's life is hard but filled with family, love, and soccer. Then soldiers attack his village and send Deo and his mentally disabled brother, Innocent, running toward South Africa. Their way is complicated by a dangerous river crossing, a game preserve filled with lions, and xenophobia. Everywhere these brothers go there are unending waves of hatred and fear. It is this hatred that threatens to break Deo when violence claims Innocent's life. However, he is able to resurrect and reclaim his own life and hope through soccer. Williams tells his story simply and unflinchingly with depictions of tremendous violence, hard-fought soccer matches, and the loving bond between the brothers. Deo's narration provides an immediacy that is only compounded by the tale's fast pacing and suspense. The author gives readers complicated and compelling characters for whom they will cheer, cry with, and love.-Naphtali L. Faris, Youth Services Consultant, Missouri State Library, Jefferson City, MO (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
The triumph of human endeavour against a harrowing landscape... A
gripping, powerful tale that will more than touch your soul. Quite
simply, this story needs to be read. * Jason Wallace,
multi-award-winning author of 'Out of Shadows' *
A wonderfully written, thought-provoking novel. . . It deserves a
wide audience. * Bali Rai *
From the dusty fields of Zimbabwe to the refugee camps of South
Africa, this is a heartbreaking, unputdownable tale of prejudice,
resilience and brotherly love. -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller
*
Gripping, suspenseful and deeply compassionate * Kirkus Review
*
This is a moving and important story about the brutality that takes
place when dictators rule and hatred mounts. But it is ultimately
uplifting when, united by football, a group of South African
refugees reach the Street Soccer World Cup final. -- Vanessa Lewis
* Bookseller *
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