Robert Jacklin is thrown into the aftermath of war when his family moves from England to Zimbabwe in the 1980s, and when he is enrolled in a prestigious boarding school, he faces racism and violence and must make a difficult decision as a group of white boys decides to protest the country's new government.
year: 2011
call number/section: 1000
subjects: conduct of life, fiction, race relations, bullies, british, zimbabwe, zimbabwe, history, fiction, school stories, private schools, schools, bullying
Editions
Wallace, Jason
Holiday House (2011)
In 1983, at an elite boys' boarding school in Zimbabwe, thirteen-year-old English lad Robert Jacklin finds himself torn between his black roommate and the white bullies still bitter over losing power through the recent civil war.
Schools: 6
Wallace, Jason
Robert Jacklin is thrown into the aftermath of war when his family moves from England to Zimbabwe in the 1980s, and when he is enrolled in a prestigious boarding school, he faces racism and violence and must make a difficult decision as a group of white boys decides to protest the country's new government.
Schools: 0