Linzi Glass

In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her opulent Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface. Ruby can�t resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the exciting rush of first love, but whose presence brings hushed whispers and disapproving glances. She might not see race, colour or creed � but it seems everybody else does . . . This dazzling novel will entrance teenage and adult readers alike.

Ruby Red

Linzi Alex Glass

Emily Iris looks forward to the times her parents welcome house guests to their family's unhappy home. As long as the visitors are there, her mother and father will put their quarrels aside. But one spring a family of wanderers � an Australian couple and their two boys � comes to stay, starting a chain of events that will shatter Emily's world forever. Will appeal to readers of Jennifer Donnelly's A Gathering Light and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. On hardback publication this fabulous first novel attracted stunning acclaim.

The Year the Gypsies Came

Twelve-year-old Bree Davies is devastated when her beloved Border Collie, Danny, goes missing after her mom leaves the gate open to their Santa Monica home. In her search to find Danny, Bree is thrust into the world of animals in need. With the help and guidance of animal rescuer Rayleen, Bree's heart is opened to the plight of the dogs in the downtown Vox Street shelter. Before long, her emptiness about her own loss shifts into action – and her quest to find Danny and her newfound mission to save the shelter dogs soon become one. Longtime animal rescuer Linzi Glass has crafted a singular story of finding oneself in the search for finding another, a compelling emotional journey as well as a call-to-action for animal-lovers everywhere.

Finding Danny

Ruby (17) woont in een welgestelde buurt van Johannesburg, de hoofdstad van Zuid-Afrika waar in de jaren 70 nog altijd apartheid heerst. Waar Ruby opgroeit, is weinig te merken van de groeiende haat en agressie in Soweto. Haar vader is een liberale advocaat, haar moeder leidt een galerie waarin ze ook het werk van donkere kunstenaars tentoonstelt. Ruby wordt voor de eerste keer echt verliefd op de knappe Afrikaanse Johann, die net als zij niet gelooft in apartheid, maar wiens vader lid is van de racistische beweging De Broedersbond. Hun relatie wordt door iedereen in hun omgeving afgekeurd. Wanneer in Soweto een bloederige opstand uitbreekt, wordt de situatie onhoudbaar. Wie is nog te vertrouwen? Door de politieke situatie wordt Ruby gedwongen keuzes te maken, en afscheid te nemen van degene van wie ze houdt. Een prachtig geschreven, ontroerend verhaal over een eerste liefde tegen de achtergrond van het groeiende verzet tegen de apartheid in het Zuid-Afrika van de jaren 70.

Ruby Rood

Set in apartheid South Africa, this powerful and lyrically written novel is Linzi Glass's debut. As twelve-year-old Emily Iris explains it, her mother and father have always been eager to take in travelers and vagabonds, relying on the presence of outsiders to ease the tension between them. Emily has her gentle older sister, Sarah, and Buza, the old Zulu nightwatchman, for company and comfort. But her parents' continuing discontent leads them to welcome some peculiar strangers. One spring, a family of wanderers-a wildlife photographer, his wife, and two boys-comes to stay, and their strange, compelling, and dangerous presence will leave the Iris family infinitely changed.

Emily Iris looks forward to the times her parents welcome house guests to their family's unhappy home. As long as the visitors are there, her mother and father will put their quarrels aside. But one spring a family of wanderers – an Australian couple and their two boys – comes to stay, starting a chain of events that will shatter Emily's world forever. Will appeal to readers of Jennifer Donnelly's A Gathering Light and Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible. On hardback publication this fabulous first novel attracted stunning acclaim.

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