Michael Williams
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011, c2009
Language
English
Description
When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.
2) Diamond boy
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014 ;
Language
English
Description
When Patson's family moves to Marange region of Zimbabwe, he begins working in the mines, searching for blood diamonds, until government soldiers arrive and Patson is forced to journey to South Africa in search of his missing sister and a better life.