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Biography of Beverly Naidoo

Little Beverly

Beverley Naidoo was born in South Africa on May 21, 1943. She was present with the unfair law for black children having to go to black schools and white children going to white schools. At 21 she was arrested for questioning racism.

Career

The book we just read, No Turning Back, which is one of her best books, is all about the experiences of a boy trying to survive on the streets of Johannesburg. This boy is abused by his stepfather, so he decides to run away from home and into the city. In order to earn money to suvive, he would have to push shopping carts, watch people's cars or wait at a stopsign to ask people for money.

Her Now

Beverly is now a happy writer in London. Writing about her emotional experiences in South Africa. She writes these amazing books for young children all over the world.

Her first book, Journey to Jo'burg, won The Other Award in Britain. In South Africa it was banned until 1991, this was the year when Nelson Mandela.

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