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When the villagers of Bophelong are forced to leave their houses and resettle in a barren "homeland," thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother join in a school demonstration and learn that the South African government treats even children who dissent with brutality.Tags
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This book is about the South African Government. The South African is trying to make a woman named Naledi and other villagers move. Though Naledi and her friend Talol stand up for the villagers and the village they believe in.
Personal Reaction:
I loved this book! It shows people that they should stand up and what they believe in.
Classroom Extensions:
1. The students can have a little rally for something that they believe in and have a group of students try to protest against it.
2. Children can write in their journal about something that they truly believe in and use examples of why they believe in what they do.
This book is about the South African Government. The South African is trying to make a woman named Naledi and other villagers move. Though Naledi and her friend Talol stand up for the villagers and the village they believe in.
Personal Reaction:
I loved this book! It shows people that they should stand up and what they believe in.
Classroom Extensions:
1. The students can have a little rally for something that they believe in and have a group of students try to protest against it.
2. Children can write in their journal about something that they truly believe in and use examples of why they believe in what they do.
FROM LIBRARY CATALOG:
"When the villagers of Bophelong are forced to leave their houses and resettle in a barren "homeland," thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother join in a school demonstration and learn that the South African government treats even children who dissent with brutality."
"When the villagers of Bophelong are forced to leave their houses and resettle in a barren "homeland," thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother join in a school demonstration and learn that the South African government treats even children who dissent with brutality."
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In 1965 as a young student, Beverley Naidoo was forced into exile from South Africa, where she had been imprisoned for her involvement in resistance to apartheid. She moved to England at the age of twenty-two
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- Canonical title*
- Keten van verzet
- Original title
- Chain of fire
- Original publication date
- 1989
- Original language*
- Engels
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