Journey to Jo'burg

This is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit
against the background of South Africa’s apartheid.
Frightened that their baby sister Dineo will die, thirteen year old Naledi and her younger
brother Tiro run away from their grandmother to Johannesburg to find their mother, who
works there as a maid. Their journey illustrates at every turn the grim realities of apartheid
– the pass laws, Bantustans, racism, the breakdown of family life.
The opulence of the white “Madam’s” house contrasts starkly with the reality that Naledi
and Tiro face – that their baby sister is suffering from starvation, not an incurable disease.
This edition of Beverley Naidoo’s classic story includes a special “Why You’ll Love This
Book” introduction by Michael Rosen, the Children’s Laureate.