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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2011
The brutal massacre by government soldiers of his small Zimbabwe village sends fourteen-year-old soccer devotee Deo and his mentally disabled older brother, Innocent, fleeing to a refugee camp in South Africa. The brothers find underpaid work at a farm before eventually leaving for the promise of the big city of Johannesburg. Once there, however, they are forced to live on the streets, and when x...Log In or Sign Up to Read More