The Resource Halley's comet, Hannes Barnard
Halley's comet, Hannes Barnard
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Resource Information
The item Halley's comet, Hannes Barnard represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mercer County Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "In the final years of South Africa's Apartheid era, an unlikely trio--a sheltered white rugby player, a black farmworker's son, and an Indian shopkeeper's daughter--discover the consequences of knowing the truth and having the courage to speak it. Halley's Comet is the coming-of-age story of Pete de Lange, a white 16-year-old schoolboy, set in small-town South Africa in 1986. Pete lives a relatively sheltered life, primarily concerned with girls and rugby-- until one January night changes everything. Thrust together with two complete strangers--Petrus, a black farmworker's son and Sarita, an Indian shopkeeper's daughter--the trio find themselves running for their lives from the vicious Rudie, whose actions will ripple far beyond that fateful night. This era-defying friendship--sparked by a shared secret-- challenges everything Pete thought he knew and believed. And when anti-Apartheid revolutionaries set their sights on the town, it will change the course of the three young people's lives forever. Halley's Comet is a story of friendship, love, change, taking chances, hope, a comet, and some pretty cool 80s music."--Amazon
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Halley's comet
- Title
- Halley's comet
- Statement of responsibility
- Hannes Barnard
- Subject
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- trueExtortion
- Friendship
- Halley's comet -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Love
- Prejudice
- Racism
- Radicalism
- Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Apartheid
- trueEast Indian immigrants
- South Africa -- History -- 1961-1994 -- Fiction
- Teenagers
- trueTeenagers -- South Africa
- Teenagers -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Violence
- Young adult fiction
- Rape
- trueRugby football players
- trueSecrets
- South Africa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the final years of South Africa's Apartheid era, an unlikely trio--a sheltered white rugby player, a black farmworker's son, and an Indian shopkeeper's daughter--discover the consequences of knowing the truth and having the courage to speak it. Halley's Comet is the coming-of-age story of Pete de Lange, a white 16-year-old schoolboy, set in small-town South Africa in 1986. Pete lives a relatively sheltered life, primarily concerned with girls and rugby-- until one January night changes everything. Thrust together with two complete strangers--Petrus, a black farmworker's son and Sarita, an Indian shopkeeper's daughter--the trio find themselves running for their lives from the vicious Rudie, whose actions will ripple far beyond that fateful night. This era-defying friendship--sparked by a shared secret-- challenges everything Pete thought he knew and believed. And when anti-Apartheid revolutionaries set their sights on the town, it will change the course of the three young people's lives forever. Halley's Comet is a story of friendship, love, change, taking chances, hope, a comet, and some pretty cool 80s music."--Amazon
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barnard, Hannes
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- South Africa
- Halley's comet
- Teenagers
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Label
- Halley's comet, Hannes Barnard
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1252414715
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 454 pages
- Isbn
- 9781946395559
- Lccn
- 2021940057
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 0028059327
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1252414715
- Label
- Halley's comet, Hannes Barnard
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1252414715
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 454 pages
- Isbn
- 9781946395559
- Lccn
- 2021940057
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 0028059327
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1252414715
Subject
- trueExtortion
- Friendship
- Halley's comet -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Love
- Prejudice
- Racism
- Radicalism
- Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Apartheid
- trueEast Indian immigrants
- South Africa -- History -- 1961-1994 -- Fiction
- Teenagers
- trueTeenagers -- South Africa
- Teenagers -- South Africa -- Fiction
- Violence
- Young adult fiction
- Rape
- trueRugby football players
- trueSecrets
- South Africa
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