Journey to Jo’Burg Books In Order
- Journey to Jo’burg (1985)
- Chain of Fire (1989)
Novels
- No Turning Back (1994)
- The Other Side of Truth (2000)
- Web of Lies (2004)
- Burn My Heart (2007)
- Call of the Deep (2008)
Collections
- Out of Bounds (2001)
- The Great Tug of War (2001)
- New South African Plays (2006)
- Voices of Africa (2006)
- Aesop’s Fables (2011)
- Who Is King (2015)
- A Wisp of Wisdom (2016)
Picture Books
- Letang’s New Friend (1994)
- Trouble for Letang and Julie (1994)
- Where Is Zami? (1998)
- Baba’s Gift (2003)
- King Lion in Love (2004)
- S is for South Africa (2010)
- Cinderella of the Nile (2018)
Non fiction
- Through Whose Eyes? (1992)
- Making It Home (2004)
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Beverley Naidoo Books Overview
Journey to Jo’burg
What’s the hook? This award winning title provides a moving insight into life and conditions for a black family in apartheid South Africa. This edition contains a revised introduction by author Beverly Naidoo, which provides an insight into her own experiences and the inspiration for the novel. A sequence of photographs from the period is also included, to help pupils understand the harsh realities faced by Naledi and Tiro. What are the themes? Individual vs. society, families and different cultures. Teaching points Ideal for thought provoking multicultural work. Provides numerous opportunities for exploring narrative devices, characterisation and the wider historical context of the novel. New versions of the author’s essay and introduction provide an ideal opportunity for developing pupils’ cultural and critical understanding.
Chain of Fire
The South African government is forcing Naledi an the other villagers to move to a new location: a ‘homeland’ of iron huts and barren soil. And it seems that no one is willing to resist. No one, that is, except Naledi’s friend Taolo, whose family has often spoken out against apartheid. Taolo gives Naledi the strength to fight, and with his help, she and her schoolmates organize an anti removal march through the village. But the right of free expression is not a liberty granted to the young protesters, and the police instigate a reign of terror on the villagers. Naledi and Taolo’s chain of fiery resistance cannot be broken, though. With each new crisis, it grows ever stronger and burns ever brighter.
No Turning Back
Escaping from his violent stepfather, twelve year old Sipho heads for Johannesburg, where he has heard that gangs of children live on the streets. Surviving hunger and bitter cold winter nights is hard’but learning when to trust in the new’ South Africa proves even more difficult. No Turning Back appeared on the short list of both the Guardian and Smarties book prizes on the United Kingdom.
The Other Side of Truth
Sade is slipping her English book into herschoolbag when her Mama screams. Two sharp cracks splinter the air.’Mama mi?’ She whispersTwelve year old Sade’s journalist father is a vocal critic of the corrupt government in Nigeria. When Sade’s mother is murdered, her family sees in bloody detail the violent risks that come with exposing the truth. Her father arranges for Sade and her younger brother to be smuggled to their uncle in London for safety. On the streets of London, the plans fall apart and they are abandoned, passed from foster home to foster home. They try to contact their uncle but he is missing. Then they learn that their father has escaped to London to find them but he will be sent back to Nigeria, unless Sade can find a way to tell the world what happened to her family. Chosen by young readers as the recipient of England’s prestigious Smarties Silver Medal, Beverly Naidoo’s The Other Side of Truth explores the issues of family, exile, and freedom with the same eloquence and stunning realism of her award winning Journey To Jo’Burg.
Web of Lies
Femi is in trouble. He’s gotten involved with a gang of older boys and is telling so many lies to his family, he can hardly keep his head straight. His sister, Sade, knows something is going on, but she doesn’t want to worry their father while he’s waiting to hear if the family will be granted asylum in Britain. But with Femi growing more and more involved with the criminal gang, how long will any of them be safe? In this sequel to Carnegie Medal winner The Other Side of Truth, acclaimed author Beverley Naidoo once again tells the story of Nigerian refugees Femi and Sade. With unflinching realism, she presents the dangers the siblings face not in Africa this time, but in a school very much like one of our own.
Burn My Heart
What does it mean to be loyal? Mathew and Mugo, two boys one white, one black share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s. They’re friends even though Mathew’s dad owns the land and everything on it. They’re friends despite the difference in their skin color. And they’re friends in the face of the growing Mau Mau rebellion, which threatens British settlers with violence as black Kenyans struggle to win back their land and freedom. But suspicions and accusations are escalating, and an act of betrayal could change everything. Internationally acclaimed, award winning author Beverley Naidoo explores the fragile bonds of friendship in this stunning novel about prejudice, fear, and the circumstances that bring people together and tear them apart.
Out of Bounds
We are the young people, We will not be broken! We demand freedom And say ‘Away with slavery In our land of Africa!’ For almost fifty years apartheid forced the young people of South Africa to live apart as Blacks, Whites, Indians, and ‘Coloreds.’ This unique and dramatic collection of stories by native South African and Carnegie Medalist Beverley Naidoo is about young people’s choices in a beautiful country made ugly by injustice. Each story is set in a different decade during the last half of the twentieth century and into the twenty first, and features fictional characters caught up in very real events. Included is a Timeline Across Apartheid, which recounts some of the restrictive laws passed during this era, the events leading up to South Africa’s first free democratic elections, and the establishment of a new ‘rainbow government’ that leads the country today. A Junior Library Guild Selection
The Great Tug of War
When Mmutla the hare tricks Tlou the elephant and Kubu the hippo into having an epic tug of war, the whole grassland is soon laughing at their foolishness. But big animals don t like to be laughed at especially by little animals. Soon King Lion, Tswhene the baboon, and the wise old tortoise Khudu set out to teach Mmutla a lesson. The hare is clever, but can he hop away from the comeuppance Tswhene has planned for him? Or is he too smart for his own good? Set against the vivid backdrop of the African savanna, these witty retellings by acclaimed children’s author Beverley Naidoo delight young readers while offering parents a fascinating glimpse into the origins of an American classic. Piet Grobler s quirky, appealing illustrations underscore the narrative’s wit and charm.
Aesop’s Fables
A little mouse saves the life of a great lion; hungry Grasshopper, too lazy to store food, gets no mercy from the industrious ants; crafty Jackal tricks Klipspringer to escape death but is himself tricked by the cock and the dog . Here are 16 of Aesop’s wise, witty and timeless fables, portrayed for the first time in an African setting. This is an exciting new interpretation of one of the world’s great classics. This unique story collection is vividly illustrated by Beverley Naidoo’s fellow South African Piet Grobler, an internationally acclaimed illustrator. The two have previously collaborated on The Great Tug of War for Frances Lincoln
Where Is Zami?
This title looks at what children can do about a bully. The text is part of the ‘Ready…
Go’ series which features controlled language to give confidence, and illustrations to provide important visual clues to the young reader. The stories featured in the texts focus on experiences relevant to young children and are taken from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. The series is divided into two levels: ‘Ready’ for new readers who have learned the present tenses; and ‘Go’ for readers who are beginning to learn the past and future tenses. ‘Where Is Zami??’ is part of the ‘Go’ level of the series.
S is for South Africa
&147;S is for South Africa where two oceans meet,
cold Atlantic from the west and warm Indian from the east.
Our country stretches wide over Africa’s southern shores
from golden beach to misty mountain, desert sand to grassy plain
in a land of contrasts where we praise the sun &150; yet pray for rain!’
From Cricket to Madiba, from Bunny Chow to Kubu, this photographic alphabet celebrates everything we South Africans love best about our country. Set at the southern end of the African continent, our beautiful land with its many different plants, animals, people
and languages was once made ugly by racism. But now our rainbow nation is striving to make the country a fairer place for everyone.
Through Whose Eyes?
We read what we are’ or ‘we are what we read’? This is the story of a year in an English class where all the literature read by the 13/14 year old white students was written from perspectives strongly indicting racism. The reader response work with students, both written and oral, provides fascinating insight into the transaction between reader and text.
Making It Home
In this inspiring collection, children living all over the world speak about being forced to flee their homes as refugees. With original, autobiographical accounts, Making It Home gives a poignant voice to the millions of young people whose lives have been disrupted by war but who have escaped. With maps, brief histories of each country, and an eight page photo insert, this book helps young people understand the world and the children who share the dream of freedom.