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Stones for my father / Trilby Kent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kent, Trilby, 1982- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South African War, 1899-1902--Juvenile fiction.
- South African War, 1899-1902.
- Afrikaners--Juvenile fiction.
- Afrikaners.
- Canadians--South Africa--Juvenile fiction.
- Canadians.
- South African War, 1899-1902--Fiction.
- Afrikaners--Fiction.
- Farm life--South Africa--Transvaal--Juvenile fiction.
- Farm life.
- South African War, 1899-1902--Concentration camps--South Africa--Kroonstad--Juvenile fiction.
- Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Concentration camps.
- South African War (1899-1902).
- Transvaal (South Africa)--History--1880-1910--Juvenile fiction.
- Transvaal (South Africa).
- South Africa--Juvenile fiction.
- South Africa.
- South Africa--Kroonstad.
- South Africa--Transvaal.
- Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
- Historical -- Teen fiction.
- Young adult works.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 170 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- Paperback edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Corlie Roux's farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons as she is cruel to her daughter. Despite this, Corlie finds solace in her friend, Sipho, and in Africa itself and in the stories she conjures for her brothers. But Corlie's world is about to vanish: the British are invading and driving Boer families like hers from their farms. Some escape into the bush to fight the enemy. The unlucky ones are rounded up and sent to internment camps. Will Corlie's resilience and devotion to her country sustain her through the suffering and squalor she finds in the camp at Kroonstad? That may depend on a soldier from faraway Canada and on inner resources Corlie never dreamed she had ..."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780735262706
- 0735262705
- OCLC:
- 635556869
- Publisher Number:
- 99990762202
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