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Beverley Naidoo

Born

in Johannesburg, South Africa

May 21, 1943

Website

http://www.beverleynaidoo.com

Genre

Children's Books, Young Adult

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Beverley Naidoo was born in South Africa on 21 May 1943 and grew up under apartheid. As a student, she began to question the apartheid regime and was later arrested for her actions as part of the resistance movement in South Africa. In 1965 she went into exile, going to England. She married another South African exile; they have two children.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 7,629 ratings · 1,030 reviews · 60 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Other Side of Truth 3.74 avg rating — 3,064 ratings — published 2000 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story by Beverley Naidoo, Eric Velásquez (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 2,876 ratings — published 1986 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burn My Heart 3.57 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa 3.61 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 1994 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of Bounds 3.75 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chain of Fire by Beverley Naidoo, Eric Velásquez (Illustrations) 3.67 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1989 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cinderella of the Nile by Beverley Naidoo, Marjan Vafaeian (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Global Tales : Stories from Many Cultures 3.55 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Web of Lies 3.51 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of the Stone City 3.54 avg rating — 89 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Other Side of Truth (2 books)
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“On one side he drew a house and on the other side a long road. Then he drew two boys looking at each other, one on each side of the gate. Their eyes were large and sad. Under the boy by the house he wrote SIPHO and under the other he wrote JABU.”
― Beverley Naidoo, No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa

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“lunch break at Oranje Primary School. Inside the grand double-storied, orange-brick building with its neat rows of sparkling windows, children had classes both morning and afternoon. Not like in her school. Her school in the township had so many pupils they had to take turns to use the classrooms! When she and her classmates finished lessons at twelve, the afternoon children were just arriving.”
― Beverley Naidoo, Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope

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