{"product_id":"9780007368853","title":"Journey to Jo’Burg (HarperCollins Children’s Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of love, commitment and the flowering of the human spirit against the background of South Africa’s apartheid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrightened 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Beverley Naidoo’s classic story includes a special “Why You’ll Love This Book” introduction by Michael Rosen, the Children’s Laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beverley Naidoo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284771324053,"sku":"9780007368853","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007368853.jpg?v=1776992109","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007368853","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}