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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.

Added Authors

Jesse Joshua Watson

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