| Description |
454 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"In the final years of South Africa's Apartheid era, an unlikely trio--a sheltered white rugby player, a black farmworker's son, and an Indian shopkeeper's daughter--discover the consequences of knowing the truth and having the courage to speak it. Halley's Comet is the coming-of-age story of Pete de Lange, a white 16-year-old schoolboy, set in small-town South Africa in 1986. Pete lives a relatively sheltered life, primarily concerned with girls and rugby-- until one January night changes everything. Thrust together with two complete strangers--Petrus, a black farmworker's son and Sarita, an Indian shopkeeper's daughter--the trio find themselves running for their lives from the vicious Rudie, whose actions will ripple far beyond that fateful night. This era-defying friendship--sparked by a shared secret-- challenges everything Pete thought he knew and believed. And when anti-Apartheid revolutionaries set their sights on the town, it will change the course of the three young people's lives forever. Halley's Comet is a story of friendship, love, change, taking chances, hope, a comet, and some pretty cool 80s music."--Amazon. |
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South Africa -- History -- 1961-1994 -- Fiction.
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Halley's comet -- Fiction.
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Teenagers -- South Africa -- Fiction.
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Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Historical.
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South Africa. (OCoLC)fst01204616
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| Chronological Term |
1961-1994
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Young adult works. (OCoLC)fst01726790
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Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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| ISBN |
1946395552 |
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9781946395559 |
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