Anton Ferreira

Zulu Dog (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An honest and compassionate look at post-apartheid South Africa Vusi, an eleven-year-old Zulu boy growing up in poverty in rural South Africa, is enchanted by the helpless puppy he finds in the bush. He names it Gillette for its razor-sharp teeth and hides it from his mother, who disapproves of bush dogs as pets. His devotion to Gillette only grows stronger after the puppy is mauled by a leopard and loses a leg. But as boy and dog play carefree games, storm clouds are gathering over Vusi's family - ruthless rival taxi owners are trying to drive his father out of business. While Vusi and Gillette learn to hunt together, they meet the daughter of a neighboring white farmer. Gillette becomes the catalyst for their unlikely friendship, which has a decisive impact on the fate of Vusi's whole family - and the larger community. A starkly realistic story set against the backdrop of the country's tortured racial history, Zulu Dog holds out the hope that a new generation of South Africans can create a better future for their land. Zulu Dog is a 2003 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Seitenzahl: 213
• Altersempfehlung: ab 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781429998468
• Artikelnr.: 39950277

Autorenporträt

Anton Ferreira was born in Zambia and grew up there and in South Africa. He has been a foreign correspondent with Reuters for the last twenty years, and Zulu Dog is his first book. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.