All the Bradleys play hockey-even Ben's older sister Denise who hopes to go to hockey camp and become the first girl on the Rum River High School varsity team. But thirteen-year-old Ben wants to learn to jump and spin. If the guys find out, Ben will never hear the end of it. And he doesn't even want to think about what his former hockey-star dad would say.
All the Bradleys play hockey-even Ben's older sister Denise who hopes to go to hockey camp and become the first girl on the Rum River High School vars...
(This edition includes a glossary for non-South African readers.) Fifteen-year-old Sindiswe Khumalo is the most promising figure skater the South African Skating Federation has ever had. But at the rink Sindi can't talk about what's making her father ill. Even her best friends can't be trusted. The young man who drives the zamboni lost his job when people found out he had HIV. A girl in her class dropped out of school when the bullies accused her of being infected. Sindi has dreams-Olympic-size dreams. The truth could cost her everything, but keeping the secret might cost her more.
(This edition includes a glossary for non-South African readers.) Fifteen-year-old Sindiswe Khumalo is the most promising figure skater the South Afri...
(This edition for South Africa uses British spelling and punctuation and has larger print and wider margins for easy readability.) Fifteen-year-old Sindiswe Khumalo is the most promising figure skater the South African Skating Federation has ever had. But at the rink Sindi can't talk about what's making her father ill. Even her best friends can't be trusted. The young man who drives the zamboni lost his job when people found out he had HIV. A girl in her class dropped out of school when the bullies accused her of being infected. Sindi has dreams-Olympic-size dreams. The truth could cost her...
(This edition for South Africa uses British spelling and punctuation and has larger print and wider margins for easy readability.) Fifteen-year-old Si...
"The sound of her brother's scream echoed on and on in her head as though it would never end. "Let me go " she demanded stupidly in English. The African boy dug his nails into Keri's arm and brought the knife closer to her face." Civil war is tearing apart Mozambique, Africa. And whether she realizes it or not the war is about to become very real to Keri Anderson. While bringing food and clothes to a village in desperate need, the Anderson family is stranded in the middle of enemy territory and kidnapped by armed rebels. By night the Andersons and some friendly villagers are forced to march...
"The sound of her brother's scream echoed on and on in her head as though it would never end. "Let me go " she demanded stupidly in English. The Afric...
