Desmond Tutu is one of history’s extraordinary people as the right man in the right place at the right time.
Philippa Bodenstein, age 13, reviews The diary of a teenage health freak (R49.99), The diary of the other teenage health freak (R49.99), R U a teenage health freak? (R59.99) by Aidan Macfarlane and Ann McPherson. (Oxford University Press) The diary of a teenage freak is about a 14-year-old boy named Peter Payne who thinks that […]
Philippa Bodenstein, reviews Chasing the Wind by Dianne Stewart (OUP, R 54.99) I actually have no words to describe exactly how brilliant this book, written by award-winning South African author Dianne Stewart, is. It is set in Plettenberg Bay and the main character is a teenager named Jodie who lives with her aunt and uncle, […]
Philippa Bodenstein reviews Jade’s Story by Helena Pielichaty (OUP, R54.99) Jade’s Story is truly an amazing book. Jade, a well-behaved student, has many supportive friends, a father who owns a stationery shop and a working mother. Her life seems so perfect — until her father has an emotional breakdown. He always seems to embarrass her […]
When I was first given this book, I thought, ‘Here’s another one of those boring books on famous people’. You get a lot of books like this one and they all look the same and are written in the same sort of way. This book on Archbishop Tutu is different though. It’s written with so […]