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Now is the Time for Running
Michael Williams
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Description for Now is the Time for Running
Paperback. Deo is a great footballer, a fierce protector of his older brother, Innocent. His brother is easily nervous, easily happy but good at keeping score on the dusty fields of Zimbabwe where the boys play. Then Mugabe's soldiers come, destroying the only home the boys have known. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 5AP; YFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
Winner of the 2014 UKLA Award
Deo is a great footballer, a fierce protector of his older brother, Innocent. His brother is easily nervous, easily happy but good at keeping score on the dusty fields of Zimbabwe where the boys play.
Then Mugabe's soldiers come, destroying the only home the boys have known. Now, Deo has nothing but his brother, and a football stuffed with billions of worthless dollars. And so starts their journey to find their father. But with soldiers everywhere, they have only one chance to cross the border, one chance to escape.
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848530836
SKU
V9781848530836
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About Michael Williams
Michael Williams is a writer of plays, musicals, operas and novels and the Managing Director of Cape Town Opera in South Africa. He has written operas for young people based on African mythology as well as the libretti for symphonic operas that have premiered around the world. Michael is bringing Porgy and Bess and the Nelson Mandela Trilogy ... Read more
Reviews for Now is the Time for Running
The triumph of human endeavour against a harrowing landscape... A gripping, powerful tale that will more than touch your soul. Quite simply, this story needs to be read.
Jason Wallace, multi-award-winning author of 'Out of Shadows'
A wonderfully written, thought-provoking novel. . . It deserves a wide audience.
Bali Rai
From the dusty fields of Zimbabwe ... Read more
Jason Wallace, multi-award-winning author of 'Out of Shadows'
A wonderfully written, thought-provoking novel. . . It deserves a wide audience.
Bali Rai
From the dusty fields of Zimbabwe ... Read more