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282 pp.
| Holiday |
April, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-2342-2$17.95
(2)
YA
In Zimbabwe in the 1980s, tension between blacks and whites runs high. At his mostly white boarding school, thirteen-year-old Robert Jacklin goes along with bully Ivan's racist slurs and cruel pranks because doing so offers protection from hazing. But when Ivan's plans take a deadly turn, Jacklin must decide where he stands. Questions resonate even after the character makes his harrowing choice.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2011