Title: Journey to Jo'burg
Author: Beverley Naidoo
This is a great book to read for children and adults.
About this book:
Room 16 has just finished reading the book 'Journey to Jo'burg'. It is about two kids Naledi and Tiro and how they made a big decision that was very dangerous. Their baby sister was ill and needed her mother. Their mother was working in Johannesburg, 300 miles away. The only way to reach her was to walk there. We learnt that is like walking from Christchurch to Gore! And they did it all by themselves.
This is what part of the blurb said. Set against the dangerous landscape of apartheid South Africa, JOURNEY TO JO' BURG is the inspiring story of two brave children who will do anything to save their little sister.
We learnt a lot about how life was very different during the apartheid and how things have changed.
Sometimes it was hard to comprehend that people lived in houses that only had one room. Or that there was no running water inside. Or that parents had to leave their children to work somewhere else and only saw them every few months for maybe 3 days.
This book made us really think and reminded us about the struggles that some people have to face. It also made us realise how lucky we are to live in a country like New Zealand.
Author: Beverley Naidoo
This is a great book to read for children and adults.
About this book:
Room 16 has just finished reading the book 'Journey to Jo'burg'. It is about two kids Naledi and Tiro and how they made a big decision that was very dangerous. Their baby sister was ill and needed her mother. Their mother was working in Johannesburg, 300 miles away. The only way to reach her was to walk there. We learnt that is like walking from Christchurch to Gore! And they did it all by themselves.
This is what part of the blurb said. Set against the dangerous landscape of apartheid South Africa, JOURNEY TO JO' BURG is the inspiring story of two brave children who will do anything to save their little sister.
We learnt a lot about how life was very different during the apartheid and how things have changed.
Sometimes it was hard to comprehend that people lived in houses that only had one room. Or that there was no running water inside. Or that parents had to leave their children to work somewhere else and only saw them every few months for maybe 3 days.
This book made us really think and reminded us about the struggles that some people have to face. It also made us realise how lucky we are to live in a country like New Zealand.