 Young Themba lives in poverty with his mother and younger sister in rural South Africa and dreams of becoming a famous soccer player. This is a rags to riches story about hope, triumph, and family love, but it is also an eye-opening story about the secretiveness and shame surrounding HIV/AIDS. The novel was made into an international movie which won the UNICEF Child Rights Award in 2010. mjw |
| Title: Themba: A Boy Called Hope Author: Lutz Van Dijk Publisher: Aurora Metro Books Copyright: 2011 Original language: German Translator: Karin Chubb Original title: Themba Original publisher: cbj Verlag, Muenchen a division of Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH Original copyright: 2006 ISBN: 978-1-906582-21-0 Paperback pages: 166 Age range: 12 up Genre: Fiction Book setting: South Africa Author’s residence: South Africa Awards: Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation Shortlist Subjects: AIDS, Africa, Bafana, Secrecy, Soccer, South Africa |
Themba: A Boy Called Hope
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