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Following the end of the civil war, Robert Jacklin’s family leaves England for Zimbabwe in the early 1980s. At an exclusive boys’ boarding school, Robert, an English teenager, finds himself at a crossroads. He must navigate the racism of the white boarding‑school environment, the violence inflicted by bullies, and the complex relationship with his black roommate. The tensions within the school climax when a group of white boys decides to protest the newly instituted government, forcing Robert to make a difficult choice about where his loyalties lie.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Jason Wallace
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