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Themba - A Boy Called Hope (Aurora New Fiction)
Lutz Van Dijk
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Paperback. A teenager in South Africa achieves his dream of playing professional football - but the prevalence of AIDS in South Africa, affecting young and old alike, means that he must face tough choices along the way. Editor(s): Robson, Cheryl. Translator(s): Chubb, Karin. Num Pages: 192 pages, b/w photographs. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 196 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220. A Boy Called Hope. 192 pages, b/w photographs. Editor(s): Robson, Cheryl. A teenager in South Africa achieves his dream of playing professional football - but the prevalence of AIDS in South Africa, affecting young and old alike, means that he must face tough choices along the way. Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: YFB. Dimension: 196 x 137 x 15. Weight: 218. Translator(s): Chubb, Karin.
Translated by Karin Chubb • Karin Chubb was Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation, a unique award celebrating the high quality and diversity of translated fiction for young readers, in 2013. • Made into an award-winning film. A hard-hitting, and emotional story of AIDs in South Africa, following Themba and his dreams of becoming a famous footballer. Themba grows up dreaming of becoming a football star. One day he leaves the village and travels with his sister to the city in search of their mother. Life is a struggle and Themba has to grow up fast. ... Read more
Translated by Karin Chubb • Karin Chubb was Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation, a unique award celebrating the high quality and diversity of translated fiction for young readers, in 2013. • Made into an award-winning film. A hard-hitting, and emotional story of AIDs in South Africa, following Themba and his dreams of becoming a famous footballer. Themba grows up dreaming of becoming a football star. One day he leaves the village and travels with his sister to the city in search of their mother. Life is a struggle and Themba has to grow up fast. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Twickenham, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906582210
SKU
V9781906582210
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-29
About Lutz Van Dijk
German-Dutch author Lutz van Dijk (Ph.D) was born in 1955 in Berlin. He was a teacher in Hamburg before joining the staff of the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam. Lutz has been living in Cape Town since 2011, received an honourary professorship for poetry at the University of Oldenburg/Germany in 2009 and is co-founder of HOKISA (Homes for Kids in ... Read more
Reviews for Themba - A Boy Called Hope (Aurora New Fiction)
“Beautifully translated from the original ... it is a book full of hope and the more young people who read books like this and who come to understand how other young children live, the more this hope will spread.” Books, Teens and Magazines “Themba reminds me of my own childhood and youth in a township close to a small village ... Read more