{"product_id":"this-book-betrays-my-brother-9781988449296","title":"This Book Betrays My Brother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Winner of the Ottawa Book Award, English Fiction, 2019\u003cbr\u003e Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2018\u003cbr\u003e Named to the Globe 100, 2018\u003cbr\u003e CBC Books, Top YA Pick for 2018\u003cbr\u003e Named to Best Books for Kids and Teens, Fall 2018\u003cbr\u003e Named to Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books, 2018\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat does a teenage girl do when she sees her beloved older brother commit a horrific crime? Should she report to her parents, or should she keep quiet? Should she confront him? All her life, Naledi has been in awe of Basi, her charming and outgoing older brother. They've shared their childhood, with its jokes and secrets, the alliances and stories about the community. Having reached thirteen, she is preparing to go to the school dance. Then she sees Basi commit an act that violates everything she believes about him. How will she live her life now?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis coming-of-age novel brings together many social issues, peculiar not only to South Africa but elsewhere as well, in the modern world: class and race, young love and physical desire, homosexuality. In beautiful, lyrical, and intimate prose, Molope shows the dilemmas facing a young woman as she attempts to find her place in a new, multiracial, and dynamic nation emerging into the world after more than a century of racist colonialism. A world now dominated by men. There are no simple answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKagiso Lesego Molope was born and educated in South Africa. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eDancing in the Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (Mawenzi House) was on the IBBY Honour List for 2006. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Mending Season\u003c\/i\u003e, was chosen to be on the school curriculum in South Africa. \u003ci\u003eThis Book Betrays My Brother\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Percy Fitzpatrick Prize by the English Academy of Southern Africa, where it was first published. Her latest novel, \u003ci\u003eSuch a Lonely, Lovely Road, \u003c\/i\u003e was released in 2018. She lives in Ottawa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50477089095954,"sku":"9781988449296","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e538f4d9-6492-422e-b925-78fe2c11d120.jpg?v=1730257249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-book-betrays-my-brother-9781988449296","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}