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Now Is the Time for Running

Author: Williams, Michael

Follett Number: 0895QB7
Audience: Young Adult
Publisher: Little, Brown, c2009, p2013
Format: 233 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-07788-0
ISBN-10: 0-316-07788-7
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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Subjects:
Black People Zimbabwe Fiction
Brothers Fiction
Homeless Persons Fiction
People With Mental Disabilities Fiction
Refugees Fiction
Soccer Fiction
Survival Fiction
Zimbabwe Fiction
Originally published as: The billion dollar soccer ball. When soldiers attack a small village in Zimbabwe, Deo goes on the run with Innocent, his older, mentally disabled brother, carrying little but a leather soccer ball filled with money, and after facing prejudice, poverty, and tragedy, it is in soccer that Deo finds renewed hope.

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Just down the road from their families, Deo and his friends play soccer in the dusty fields of Zimbabwe, cheered on by Deo's older brother, Innocent. It is a day like any other... until the soldiers arrive and Deo and Innocent are forced to run for their lives, fleeing the wreckage of their village for the distant promise of safe haven in South Africa. Along the way, they face the prejudice and poverty that greet refugees everywhere, but eventually Deo finds hope, joining dozens of other homeless, displaced teens on the World Cup Street Soccer team--a possible ticket out of extreme hardship to a new life. Captivating and timely, Now Is the Time for Running is a staggering story of survival that follows Deo and his brother on a transformative journey that will stay with readers long after the last page.

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