Now is the Time for Running

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From the dusty fields of Zimbabwe to the refugee camps of South Africa, this is a heartbreaking, unputdownable tale of prejudice, resilience and brotherly love. Eventually, they do escape and arrive in South Africa where they find work at the Flying Tomato farm. and head out and are faced with harsh discrimination as the people feel as their jobs are being taken. When Abela loses her parents and sister to AIDS, she is left in the care of her aging grandmother in their African village. Backed by a story that is profound and compelling, the voice of Deo is not one that will be forgotten soon.

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He keeps an eye on his very special older brother Innocent, a sweet but damaged young man who suffered a brain injury at birth.However, I am glad this book was written because the issues discussed are so very real and relevant.

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Deo spends all of his money on a risky passage to South Africa, where he hopes his brother and he will be safe. Hits the mark in respect to cultural analysis and personal growth models of teaching English, but its references to the 2010 World Cup date it, and I wonder about the message that privileging a white author who is writing about black lives sends if including it on a KS3 curriculum. It could be used in a classroom for a much older audience to teach many things such as: hope, survival, history, cultural differences, racism, and love. I had this book for several years, but did not get around to reading it as the cover did not especially appeal to me.

He wanted to live a great adventure, and he knew there was more to life than technology and education. Wouldn't really recommend it but I preferred this to some of the other books I've had to read for school in the past. Williams, a renowned dramatist, gives readers compelling characters and, in simple language, delivers a complicated story rooted - sadly and upliftingly - in very real events. I don’t usually finish a book in a few days, and I usually don’t finish a book written in the present tense, period. The author does an amazing job of defining the characters, allowing one to feel they are living the life Deo lives.