This is another book that I didn't think I would like, but I did enjoy reading a book from the point of view of a fourteen year old South African, and what her life is like every day living in a shantytown. She has to deal with the prospect that her mother and father have the disease (AIDS) that is killing everyone in Africa and fighting off old men who believe if they rape a virgin, they will be cured of AIDS. I can tell that Powers has done the research to make this novel so believable.
Khosi is torn between the old Zulu traditions her grandmother follows and the modern beliefs and medicines her mother believes in. She does not want to upset either of them, but she also wants to be her own person like Jing-mei in "Two Kinds."
After reading this novel, I am glad that my own children do not have to endure this type of lifestyle, but I know other children in America do have to deal with parents dieing of AIDS, rape, and poverty. What type of future do these people have, and will they make the right choices to help them have the possibility of a future?
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