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Blood Runner: The Long Race To Freedom

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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.'

Product Overview
ISBN 9781845079345
Categories Fiction, Teenage / Young Adult
Author(s) James Riordan
Publisher Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Pages 176
Format Paperback
Dimensions 19.8cm x 1.2cm x 12.9cm
Weight 0.136 kg