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Now is the time for running /

When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Michael, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown, 2011.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Refugees > Fiction.
Brothers > Fiction.
People with mental disabilities > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Homeless persons > Fiction.
Soccer > Fiction.
Blacks > Zimbabwe > Fiction.
Zimbabwe > Fiction.
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers > Juvenile fiction.
People with mental disabilities > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons > Juvenile fiction.
Soccer stories.
Blacks > Zimbabwe > Juvenile fiction.
Zimbabwe > Juvenile fiction.
Description
Summary:When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.
Physical Description:233 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780316077903
0316077909