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Title: Waiting for The Rain by Sheila Gordon ISBN: 0-440-22698-8 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: 06 October, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.28 (78 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A story of two boy's friendship and how apartheid ends it.
Comment: Waiting for the Rain was the story of two boy's friendship. Tengo and Frikkie's friendship starts when they are young and don't have a care in the world. Sadly, their friendship ends when the two of them learn of apartheid. Tengo always dreamed of getting an education; Frikkie always wanted to run his uncle's farm. Carefree Frikkie joined the army; Tengo moved in with his aunt in Johannesburg to get a proper schooling. Apartheir tears up both of their dreams.
This book taught me that people risk their lives for freedom. It started off slow; but, as I read towards the end, I wanted to read more and more. The book ended so suddenly that I never found out what happened to both Tengo and Frikkie.
Rating: 4
Summary: Depriving the Colored
Comment: Is it right to discriminate someone just because of the color of their skin? Right or not, this has been going on in South Africa. The book, Waiting for the Rain, by Sheila Gordon, gives a good perspective on how the blacks were treated in Africa. The protagonist is a black boy, named Tengo, who lives on a farm with his parents under the owner Oom Koos. Tengo becomes friends with Oom Koo's nephew Frikkie. Tengo and Frikkie get along really well, until they get older and start to understand the racial discrimination of the blacks in South Africa. Tengo really enjoys to learn and thrives to see the world. When he moves to Johannesburg with his cousin Joseph to go to school, he learns a lot more than he bargained for. Tengo had to go through many struggles in his life while in the city. He learned how life truly was for blacks and how much the whites really hated them and that things were all segregated. He finally was able to decide in the end of the book what he wanted to do in life. I really enjoyed the end of the book. I liked how the author had the last meeting with Tengo and Frikkie, and how they were able to talk one last time. I also loved how the book ended and how it kept u thinking. Overall, I think book was well written and told the lifestyles of blacks in South Africa well. The book was a little below the grade level it was given. I recommend this book to people who enjoy learning about other countries and apartheid. It gives a good perspective and insight on how life was for the blacks.
Rating: 4
Summary: Waiting for a sequel, not the rain.
Comment: Waiting for the rain is an informative book about South Africa. Two friends go their sepparate ways only to find life was much easier on the farm. Waiting for the Rain is a great story that is slow to start, but the ending will keep you glued to your seat. Although the book is somewhat predictable, it is a rare and wonderful find.
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Title: Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan ISBN: 043912042X Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Bloody Country by James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier ISBN: 0590431269 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: May, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing: Grade 6 by Fran Claggett, Louann Reid, Ruth Vinz ISBN: 0669464406 Publisher: Great Source Education Group Inc Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.93 |
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Title: Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis ISBN: 0888994168 Publisher: Groundwood Books Pub. Date: 10 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck ISBN: 0140177396 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $8.00 |
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