Book
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The soccer fence : a story of friendship, hope, and apartheid in South Africa
Call Number
- JE STORIES BILD (CEN)
Publication Information
New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2014.
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Summary
Each time Hector watches white boys playing soccer in Johannesburg, South Africa, he dreams of playing on a real pitch one day and after the fall of apartheid, when he sees the 1996 African Cup of Nations team, he knows that his dream can come true.
Notes
Includes historical note, sources, and timeline of apartheid.
Subjects
- Soccer > Juvenile fiction.
- Apartheid > Juvenile fiction.
- Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
- Black people > South Africa > Juvenile fiction.
- Johannesburg (South Africa) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
- South Africa > History > 1961-1994 > Juvenile fiction.
- South Africa > History > 1994- > Juvenile fiction.