Journey to Jo'burg : A South African Story

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Summary: neat short story
Review: Naledi and Tiro are two young black children who live in South Africa. They live with their grandmother and little sister. Their mothers goes to a big town to work so that she can earn money for her family. Their little sister is very ill. Tiro and Naledi bravely set off on a journey to find their mother and bring her home to get their sister to the doctor. They face many struggles along the way. They finally reach their mother and she goes back with them. They get their sister to the doctor and she is make well again.

The book moved quickly. I didn't want to stop reading. I wanted to see if the children were able to save their sister.

We would recommend this book. It is great for reading during black history month.


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Summary: Journey to Jo' Burg
Review: The book need to go slower and Naledi need to think about her decions more. The plot need to be more compleax. Also should have got to know the chaters, but the book was intreasting.

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Summary: Jo'burg Review
Review: The Journey to Jo'burg book had a good storyline, but went by too quick. Naledi and Tiro got to Johannesburg way too quick! You couln't really learn much about them, but it gave a lot of backround info! Overall, it ws okay.

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Summary: Why It could be Better
Review: The Journey to Jo'burg is not that good of a book. The level of literature is very low. If you are a high level reader than this is not the book for you. The events happen to quickly. That is why I do not like. It is a book for a lower level reader. If you do not like a short a simple plot with quick event. The Frytags pyramid is the structure of a book. The inticing moment gets a story started. the inticing moment in this book is very short and is not very good. the Rising action is the second part to a book.

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Summary: A South African Story
Review: The main character in this book is Naledi. She is caring, brave, and curious. The plot of the story is as follows: Naledi and Tiro went on a journey, because their sister was very ill. On the journey they discovered how blacks were treated by whites. Some examples are: they had to sit at the back of the bus; they had to have passes to travel; they had to work as servants; and they were harrassed by the police. They went to seach for their Mma. Will they find Mma? Will they save their sister Dineo?- You should read this book to find out!- by Sierra Serrano (Age 12), Johnnie Basham (Age 10), and Garrett Kovach (Age 11)

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Summary: Ok
Review: This book is ok. It doesn't have much of a story, but it's ok. You don't really get to know the characters. It has a few cliff hangers. But not that many. Overall, it's pretty boring. But, there are a few ok parts. My classmates had the same idea.

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Summary: Read this book...
Review: This book tells of the troubled South Africa in the 1980's where apartheid was in control. A very good book...

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Summary: Journey
Review: This book was ok but the title is Journey to Jo'burg but there was only about 2 chapters on the journey. And the auther misspelled Tiro, she spelled it Tira! The problem of the story is in the begining when we hardly even know who Dineo is. Only read this book whe you have to or if you like black history.

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Summary: maryam from ababacar Mali
Review: This is a story about girl and boy who are going to the city of Jo' burg to find the their mother. Because their baby sister is really sick. What i like about this book is that even during hard times the two kids really hold on to each other. What i don't like is the sad ending. I recommamend this book to people who like emotive strories. it's a book that could teach you lessons about life.

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Summary: maryam from ababacar Mali
Review: This is a story about girl and boy who are going to the city of Jo' burg to find the their mother. Because their baby sister is really sick. What i like about this book is that even during hard times the two kids really hold on to each other. What i don't like is the sad ending. I recommamend this book to people who like emotive strories. it's a book that could teach you lessons about life.