Burn My Heart (Hardcover)
| Author: Beverley Naidoo |
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What does it mean to be loyal? Mathew and Mugo, two boys--one white, one black--share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s. They''re friends even though Mathew''s dad owns the land and everything on it. They''re friends despite the difference in their skin color. And they''re friends in the face of the growing Mau Mau rebellion, which threatens British settlers with violence as black Kenyans struggle to win back their land and freedom. But suspicions and accusations are escalating, and an act of betrayal could change everything. Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores the fragile bonds of friendship in this stunning novel about prejudice, fear, and the circumstances that bring people together--and tear them apart. |
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Two boys--one white, one black--share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s, a country shaken by a rebellion of Africans against white landowners, but suspicions and accusations are escalating, and an act of betrayal could change everything.
Mathew and Mugo, two boys-one white, one black-share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s. They're friends even though Mathew's dad owns the land and everything on it. They're friends despite the difference in their skin color. And they're friends in the face of the growing Mau Mau rebellion, which threatens British settlers with violence as black Kenyans struggle to win back their land and freedom. But suspicions and accusations are escalating, and an act of betrayal could change everything. Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores the fragile bonds of friendship in this stunning novel about prejudice, fear, and the circumstances that bring people together-and tear them apart. |
Set during the 1950s during Kenya's State of Emergency, a story of friendship, the complexities of colonialism, race, wealth, and poverty, is compellingly told here. A pair of cautious friends--Mugo, the son of a Kikuyu horseman, and Matthew, the son of the wealthy white farmer Mugo's family works for--find themselves entering into violent adult dramas with one treacherous accident.
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