Burn My Heart

What does it mean to be loyal?

Mathew and Mugo, two boys--one white, one black--share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s. They're friends even though Mathew's dad owns the land and everything on it. They're friends despite the difference in their skin color. And they're friends in the face of the growing Mau Mau rebellion, which threatens British settlers with violence as black Kenyans struggle to win back their land and freedom. But suspicions and accusations are escalating, and an act of betrayal could change everything.

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores the fragile bonds of friendship in this stunning novel about prejudice, fear, and the circumstances that bring people together--and tear them apart.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Published: 12/23/2008
ISBN: 9780061432972
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.80w x 0.82d

Review Citations: Booklist 10/01/2008 pg. 42
Kirkus Review - Children 11/15/2008 pg. 1204
Publishers Weekly 12/08/2008 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2008
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2009
School Library Journal 02/01/2009 pg. 104
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2009 - Recommended - Readable
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2009 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Multicultural Review 10/01/2009 pg. 80
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2010 pg. 11
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 128426 / Burn My Heart
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 6