- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Puffin (2 Sep 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141318414
- ISBN-13: 978-0141318417
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 274,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Set in South Africa at the height of the apartheid regime, when the government started a policy of ethnic cleansing, forcibly removing people from their homes and moving them to so-called 'homelands'. Schoolchildren Naledi and Tiro are caught up in the protests and resistance as they and their grandmother are threatened with removal from their village. Protestors are arrested and beaten, but still people fight on. Freedom lies at the end of a long road.
About the Author
Beverley Naidoo was born in South Africa but has lived in the UK for many years. She became involved in resistance to apartheid when she was a student, and her first book, the award-winning JOURNEY TO JO'BURG, was banned in SA until 1991. In 2000 she won the Carnegie Medal and the Nestle Smarties Silver Medal with THE OTHER SIDE OF TRUTH.
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'Come over here, Ausi Naledi! Look here!' Tiro stared at the number 1427 scrawled boldly in fresh white paint across the door of their house. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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'Come over here, Ausi Naledi! Look here!' Tiro stared at the number 1427 scrawled boldly in fresh white paint across the door of their house. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Chain of Fire,
This review is from: Chain of Fire (Paperback)
Brilliant sequel to Journey to Jo'burg. I had shared the latter with my year 3/4 class. This one was more adult in its themes so I gave them a potted version of it. More suitable for older readers I think.
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By Norma Glock - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Chain of Fire (Paperback)
My book was okay. It wasn't the greatest book I've ever read. There wasn't alot of action or any suspense. The book was a good book because the people fought back against a government that didn't care about anybody or anything. The people wouldn't let the government ruin their hope. Like when the govenment smashed their church to the ground the people just started to rebuild it right after they got done smashing it to the ground. They never gave up hope about defeating the government even when they took people and beat them unitl they heard what they wanted to hear.
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Startling Lack of Social Justice,
By Dr. W. C. kasten "Co-Author, LIVING LITERATURE" - Published on Amazon.com
I first discovered the work of Beverly Naidoo while I was traveling in South Africa and was pleased to find her books increasingly available here. She writes starkly and appropriately for the adolescent about the days of South Africa Apartheid. CHAIN OF FIRE deals with the displacement of people in Cape Town when developers wanted the desirable land for "better" uses than it was being used doe poorer people's homes.
I have had some email conversations with Ms. Naidoo and have her profiled in my co-authored Childrens' Literature text LIVING LITERATURE (Kasten, Kristo, & McClure, 2005, Prentice-Hall) so I can add a personal note that Ms. Naidoo is a White South African married to a Black South African and because of that, she was exiled from her home country during the Apartheid years (inter-marriage was illegal). She maintains a home in the U.K. but continues to visit South African often and continues to tell its stories of struggle and change brilliantly. Wendy C. Kasten, Ph.D. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Chain of Fire (Paperback)
Chain of Fire, written by Beverly Naidoo, is a book of the past, present and hopefully not the future. The villagers of Bophelong are forced to move to a place unknown to them, and they are forced to move even if they don't want to move. Naledi is just a 13 year old girl that is afraid yet strong. Taolo, a young boy with a father that has been to jail, comes along as a freedom fighter and tries to help the villagers there. Taolo and Naledi fight this struggle with a fight that is like a chain of fire, building and strengthening. The illustrations, by Eric Velasquez, are placed a little off, yet they completely enhance the book. The reader will experience the emotions of sadness, fear, strength and will have a sense of what true power and cruelty really are.
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