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Pete de Lange must survive as a teenager in a small Natal town during the 1980s, together with his new-found friends, Sarita and Petrus. In a country marked by turmoil and racial conflict, this is not as easy as it seems. Pete and his friends witnessed a horrendous crime, and the perpetrator is on their case. Will justice prevail? In between all of this, Pete must try to make the first rugby team and win the heart of his high-school crush, Renate. This is an excellent Bildungsroman, full of emotion and nostalgia, set in a troubled country where doing the right thing was not always easy.
CONTRIBUTORS: Hannes Barnard
EAN: 9781776354801
COUNTRY: South Africa
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 212 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Random House South Africa
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GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General, JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education
WIDTH: 137 cm
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Book Themes:
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Hannes Barnard is the youngest of three brothers and the son of a preacher. Between 2002 and 2014 he lived and worked in England, mostly as a project manager in construction. After that he worked for two years in the Seychelles. Hannes and his wife returned to South Africa in 2017. He is now focusing on writing on a full-time basis. Halley se komeet, his debut novel, was published in 2019.
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Pete de Lange must survive as a teenager in a small Natal town during the 1980s, together with his new-found friends, Sarita and Petrus. In a country marked by turmoil and racial conflict, this is not as easy as it seems. Pete and his friends witnessed a horrendous crime, and the perpetrator is on their case. Will justice prevail? In between all of this, Pete must try to make the first rugby team and win the heart of his high-school crush, Renate. This is an excellent Bildungsroman, full of emotion and nostalgia, set in a troubled country where doing the right thing was not always easy.
CONTRIBUTORS: Hannes Barnard
EAN: 9781776354801
COUNTRY: South Africa
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 212 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Random House South Africa
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / General, JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education
WIDTH: 137 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Hannes Barnard is the youngest of three brothers and the son of a preacher. Between 2002 and 2014 he lived and worked in England, mostly as a project manager in construction. After that he worked for two years in the Seychelles. Hannes and his wife returned to South Africa in 2017. He is now focusing on writing on a full-time basis. Halley se komeet, his debut novel, was published in 2019.
