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Christmas Books of the Year: 'Blood Runner', almost a work of "docu-fiction", is inspired by Josiah Thugwane who, at Atlanta in 1996 became the first black South African to win an Olympic gold medal. It's a moving story which take the fictional Sam from the worst of apartheid to acheive Thugwane did in real life.
(Independent on Sunday)A slim book which punches above its weight. The realities of South Africaunder apartheid could easily have resulted in a harrowing read, but Riordan never loses sight of his audience. Through Sam's courageous personal journey, he makes a difficult and complex subject accessible to young readers. Riordan's understated prose style enables him to depict injustice with clarity and power, but without unnecessary horror... An inspiring and uplifting read.
(Ibby Link)The South Africa story is one today's students should know, so this novel is a welcome addition to the literature.
(School Librarian)'Truly compelling reading.'
(Bookwitch)Samuel's parents and young sister, innocent bystanders during an uprising, are killed by South African police. Samuel is sent to live with his uncle, a tribal chief in the Bantu homeland, while his brother vows to join the African National Congress armed struggle and avenge his family's deaths. In the h omeland, Samuel discovers he can run faster than anyone and before long begins to train under his English-educated uncle. Years later, after the end of Apartheid, Samuel is selected as the token black South African athlete to run in the Olympics. President Nelson Mandela is there when he wins his gold medal, and Samuel dedicates it to 'a very special man... I was running for the President. I was running for my country.'
This powerful and moving story portrays what it was like for blacks growing up in South Africa aunder Apartheid and the different ways in which they struggled to gain their freedom. For some, like Samuel's brother, it was an armed struggle, but for Samuel it was the opportunity to prove he could run better than any white man.
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