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The author of the award-winning Guernica returns with a compelling story of war, violence, and tragedy. Fourteen-year-old Lettie and her family are Boers, descendents of Dutch settlers who journeyed to the north plains of South Africa from the Cape to raise their families away from British colonialism. But the Anglo-Boer War has swooped in, sending Lettie's father, grandfather, and older brother off to fight the British. The novel opens with Lettie...Log In or Sign Up to Read More