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Rainmaker Many young South Africans are facing a massive crisis of identity, but none so great as those in the ghettos. For them little has changed and Nelson Mandela's dream of a rainbow nation of opportunity is a bitter joke. More details
Spilt Milk Decades after a childhood love affair earns upright school principal Mohumagadi and disgraced preacher Father Bill expulsion from their communities, the two characters are brought back together under the most unlikely of circumstances. More details
Bafana Bafana Bafana Bafana is not only a book about soccer; it is also a book about having dreams and chasing them. It is a book about making your own way in the world no matter what the cost, and it is a book about the people who help us realise our dreams. More details
Zebra Crossings: Tales of the Shaman's Record Here are egte South African stories that flirt with legend and history, go to bed with world literature, and produce a golem elephant, a talking fish, Black Jim the colonel of dragoons, a Green Man in the Cotswolds and many more. More details
Cornelia Button and the Globe of Gamagion This beautifully crafted fantasy weaves between the real world of Bez Valley and the imaginary Kingdom of Gamagion. Besides telling an original and entertaining story, the book provides insight into the everyday lives of South Africans. More details
Call on the Wind Call on the Wind tells the story of Isaak and Liesa, young people growing up in a small Griqua fishing village on the Tsitsikamma coast. More details
Coconut European Union Literary Award Winner 2006. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. More details
Lucky Fish! Lucky Fish! is a novel set in Johannesburg during the 1960s and is told by a 13-year old boy named Stephen. This account of Stephen's life during the apartheid regime when his parents, Ivor and Lucy, became political prisoners. More details
The Story of Lucky Simelane This is the story of Lucky Simelane's search for his true identity. Lucky has been brought up in a small rural black community. But is he really black? The others tease him because of his light brown eyes and blond hair. More details
Sharp Sharp Zulu Dog Vusi, an eleven-year-old Zulu boy growing up in poverty in rural South Africa, is enchanted by the helpless puppy he finds in the bush and adopts it as his own. He names it Gillette for its razor-sharp teeth and hides it from his mother. More details