Waiting for the Rain
by Sheila Gordon
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Chronicles nine years in the lives of two South African youths--one black, one white--as their friendship ends in a violent confrontation between student and soldier.Tags
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tash57 I read it at school in South Africa. It was so moving that i have never forgotten it.
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This would be a good introduction to apartheid for a high school student.
good - Michael
This book was really good. I read it in school and I couldn't stop reading it. Read this!
This would be a good book for lesier reading.
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"Chronicles nine years in the lives of two South African youths -- one black, one white -- as their friendship ends in a violent confrontation between student and soldier."
"Chronicles nine years in the lives of two South African youths -- one black, one white -- as their friendship ends in a violent confrontation between student and soldier."
Tengo en Frikkie zijn vrienden; Tengo is zwart en Frikkie is blank en ze wonen in Zuid-Afrika. Het apartheid-systeem stelt hun vriendschap zeer op de proef.
Sep 15, 2017Dutch
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Waiting for the Rain
- Original title
- Waiting for the Rain
- Original publication date
- 1987
- People/Characters
- Tom; Jane
- Important places*
- Südafrika
- First words*
- Wenn Frikke in den Schulferien auf der Farm seines Onkels ankam, hielt er als zweites immer Ausschau nach seinem Freund Tengo.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Rasch machte er sich auf den Weg zum Haus seiner Tante.
- Original language*
- Englisch
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- Members
- 337
- Popularity
- 94,023
- Reviews
- 7
- Rating
- (3.21)
- Languages
- 6 — Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 25
- ASINs
- 5
