Now is the Time for Running

by	Michael Williams

SKU: 9781848530836 Categories: CHILDREN'S, Personal ; social issues: racism ; multiculturalism (Children's, Prejudice ; Racism, Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, TEENAGE) Tags: Adoption, brothers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, civil war, Coming of age, English, family, military, race, Social Themes, South Africa, teen fiction, teenager, war, young adult, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Zimbabwe

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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. In face of such a challenge, it is Deo’s brotherly love that endures, his belief that he will lead them both to safety. Micheal Williams’s is a masterful storyteller who pulls you along the journey of a lifetime. Deo and Innocent’s journey is a universal story of hope in the face of despair, and the search for a better life.

Additional information

Weight	0.17 kg
Dimensions	1.5 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
by	Michael Williams
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	240
publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year Published	2012-6-7
Imprint	Tamarind
For Ages	12-17
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	1848530838
About The Author	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 operas to the UK in June 2012
Review Quote	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.
Other text	A wonderfully written, thought-provoking novel. . . It deserves a wide audience.

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