Paper Bird: A Novel of South Africa - Hardcover

Because he is responsible for keeping his pregnant mother and brothers and sisters from starving, young Adam travels daily from his small black South African township to sell newspapers in the city, until marauding bands of thugs make this work dangerous and force him to a difficult decision.Adam, a young boy from a black South African township, braves soldiers, attackers, and his own fears of reprisals to support his mother and younger siblings by selling newspapers in Bloemfontein