Whitethorn - Courtenay Bryce - 2005

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682 pages. Multiple copies of this title available. Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Pages are reasonably tanned. The time is 1939. White South Africa is a deeply divided nation with many of the Afrikaner people frantically opposed to the English. The world is also on the brink of war and South Africa elects to fight for the Allied cause against Germany. Six year-old Tom Fitzsaxby finds himself in The Boys Farm, an orphanage in a remote town in the high mountains, where the Afrikaners side fiercely with Hitler's Germany. Tom's English name proves sufficient for him to be ostracized, marking him as an outsider. And so begin some of life's tougher lessons for the small lonely boy. Like the whitethorn, one of Africa's most enduring plants, Tom learns how to survive in the harsh climate of racial hatred. Then a terrible event sends him on a journey to ensure that justice is done. On the way, his most unexpected discovery is love. Quantity Available: 3. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 067002922X. ISBN/EAN: 9780670029228. Inventory No: 12110073. By: Courtenay Bryce Year: 2005 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: