This Thing Called the Future

by J.L. Powers

Book Overview

Fourteen-year-old Khosi yearns for this thing called the future-- something better than sickness and superstition in a shanty town. Does she want too much? A stunning YA coming-of-age story set in post-apartheid South Africa.

Khosi lives with her beloved grandmother, her little sister, and her weekend mother in a matchbox house on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. In this shantytown, it seems like somebody is dying all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947627104
• ISBN13: 9781947627109
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12