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Gr 4-8 A white South African boy's coming-of-age is touchingly portrayed in this collection of personal reminiscences. The setting is a remote area in the northern part of South Africa bordering Mozambique. The first part introduces Jabula, a man who would have been chief of the Zulu people if not for apartheid, but is employed, instead, by the author's grandparents. Jabula invests time in the boy, teaching him everything he knows about life and the land. "The New People" focuses on those who came and took away the land from the "Old People." The main characters are Ou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More