No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa
by Naidoo, Beverley
Josette Frank Children's Book AwardSouth AfricaRunning Away8IRA Teachers Choices/ILA Teachers ChoiceNCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesChild AbuseHomelessness
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AR Book Level
5.1
AR Points
6
Word Count
39,094
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
320384 EN
About this book
Escaping from his violent stepfather, twelve-year-old Sipho heads for Johannesburg, where he has heard that gangs of children live on the streets. Surviving hunger and cold winter nights is hard enough, but Sipho also has to learn who to trust.