Stones for My Father (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780735262706)

Powerful historical literary fiction set in South Africa during the Boer War that follows a girl's struggle to survive after she and her family are interned in a British concentration camp.

Corlie Roux's farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons as she is cruel to her daughter. Despite this, Corlie finds solace in her friend, Sipho, and in Africa itself and in the stories she conjures for her brothers.

But Corlie's world is about to vanish: the British are invading and driving Boer families like hers from their farms. Some escape into the bush to fight the enemy. The unlucky ones are rounded up and sent to internment camps.

Will Corlie's resilience and devotion to her country sustain her through the suffering and squalor she finds in the camp at Kroonstad? That may depend on a soldier from faraway Canada and on inner resources Corlie never dreamed she had. . . .

Author: Trilby Kent
ISBN-10: 0735262705
ISBN-13: 9780735262706
Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2018
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 143408 / Stones for My Father