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Journey to Jo’burg

Bring Journey to Jo’burg to life with our Read & Respond Teacher’s Book including a wealth of inspiring activities, online resources and guided reading notes.

Stimulating content mapped to curriculum objectives
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Shared reading section including non-fiction extracts
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Fun-filled activities help children to fully engage with each story, encouraging a love of reading and building a range of skills.

Themes	Cross-curricular links	Year Group
Bullying	Geography	Year 5–6
Empathy	History	–
Diversity	PSHE	–
Family	–	–
Prejudice	–	–
Tolerance	–	–

Journey to Jo’burg

This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa’s apartheid.

Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who works there as a maid. Their journey illustrates at every turn the grim realities of apartheid – the pass laws, bantustans, racism, the breakdown of family life.

The opulence of the white “Madam’s” house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi and Tiro face – that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease.

This edition of Beverley Naidoo’s classic story includes a special “Why You’ll Love This Book” introduction by Michael Rosen, former Children’s Laureate.