When the Ground Is Hard

Posted on 02 December 2018 by Malla Nunn

In this stunning and heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school, two girls of different castes bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre.Adele Joubert loves being one of the popular girls at Keziah Christian Academy She knows the upcoming semester at school is going to be great with her best friend Delia at her side Then Delia dumps her for a new girl with money, and Adele is forced to share a room with Lottie, the school pariah, who doesn t pray and defies teachers orders But as they share a copy of Jane Eyre, Lottie s gruff exterior and honesty grow on Adele, and Lottie learns to be a little sweeter Together, they take on bullies and protect each other from the vindictive and prejudiced teachers Then a boy goes missing on campus and Adele and Lottie must rely on each other to solve the mystery and maybe learn the true meaning of friendship. Read When the Ground Is Hard – kino-fada.fr bless this author, honestly.if this is ownvoices mixed race, too, im just gonna lay on the ground and cry happy tears forever.thank you, everyone, for putting east african rep in YA.Thank you so much.Adele Joubert lived with her mother and brother Rian, with their father visiting occasionally, while they telephoned him every Thursday evening The time to return to Keziah Christian Academy was fast approaching and when her mother and brother took her to the bus shelter, all she could think of was joining Delia in the seat she would have saved on the bus But Delia betrayed Adele, dumping her for another girl Adele found a vacant seat next to Lottie Diamond, a girl she didn t care for.Adele Adele Joubert lived with her mother and brother Rian, with their father visiting occasionally, while they telephoned him every Thursday evening The time to return to Keziah Christian Academy was fast approaching and when her mother and brother took her to the bus shelter, all she could think of was joining Delia in the seat she would have saved on the bus But Delia betrayed Adele, dumping her for another girl Adele found a vacant seat next to Lottie Diamond, a girl she didn t care for.Adele and Lottie were forced together as room mates and it was the beginning of change for Adele Lottie was different and gradually Adele realized Lottie s manner hid a girl who was honest and true kind and gentle to those she cared about Reading Jane Eyre together by candlelight, learning about ea...When the ground is hard, the women dance Guys, GUYS, please read this wonderful little book It s an ownvoices book about 2 mixed race girls in Africa and their story is emotional, full of ups and downs, full of questioning your own motives and looking for your place in the world Adele, at first, was slightly bratty, constantly thinking about and commenting Lottie s lack of money, manners and pretty clothes On one hand, I understood her desire to be part of the popular crowd since that wasWhen the ground is hard, the women dance Guys, GUYS, please read this wonderful little book It s an ownvoices book about 2 mixed race girls in Africa and their story is emotional, full of ups and downs, full of questioning your own motives and looking for your place in the world Adele, at first, was slightly bratty, constantly thinking about and commenting Lottie s lack of money, manners and pretty clothes On one hand, I understood her desire to be part of the popular crowd since that was the only way to avoid bullies, to get the best treatment and generally finish school in the easiest way Even though they openly denied her a p...Adele is popular in the Keziah Christian Academy in Swaziland, where your standing is a combination of the color of your skin and your economic status Adele is lucky she is mixed race with a white father , who pays full fees She is able to afford new clothes and treats however, she arrives late to the bus to return for the school year, and is humiliated to sit in the back with the lower caste poor and or black natives A new Portuguese girl has taken her place with the popular girls the Adele is popular in the Keziah Christian Academy in Swaziland, where your standing is a combination of the color of your skin and your economic status Adele is lucky she is mixed race with a white father , who pays full fees She is able to afford new clothes and treats however, she arrives late to the bus to return for the school year, and i...30 5 19My review for the Penguin Teen Blog Tour is up on my channel D review24 5 19Really enjoyed reading this book My review will be up on the 30th 22 5 19I got a copy from Penguin Teen and I am SO happy DYou can find me onYoutube Instagram Twitter Tumblr Websitea mixed race boarding school in Swaziland did u read that bitAuthor Malla Nunn beautifully describes the many hierarchies in place at Adele s school, amongst the teachers, the children attending the school, and the wider country Within the school, the rich girls hold sway over their less wealthy peers, while actively being nasty to the poor kids While many of the teachers regularly humiliate the poorer children.Adele was part of the rich girls crowd, until she s assigned a new roommate, Lottie, a much poorer girl Adele is deepl...This book is something special.Adele Joubert is a good girl Her white father pays her school fees at Keziah Christian Academy, and Adele is permitted in the ranks of the wealthiest girls at the school until one year she isn t Suddenly she has lost her place among the popular clique, and she has to share a room with ferocious Lottie Diamond, who is unequivocally at the bottom of the school s pecking order But in living with Lottie, Adele slowly begins to realize the ways that power and injustice function in her world Adele Joubert is a good girl Her white father pays her school fees at Keziah Christian Academy, and Adele is permitted in the ranks of the wealthiest girls at the school until one year she isn t Suddenly she has lost her place among the popular clique, and she has to share a room with ferocious Lottie Diamond, who is unequivocally at the bottom of the school s pecking order But in living with Lottie, Adele slowly begins to realize the ways that power and injustice function in her world and the ways she can fight it.I want to open this review by saying that whi...For this review and many others, please visit honestly didn t know what to expect going into this book All I knew was that two girls came together through a copy of a book Does a book lover need to know much else What ended up happening was I stumbled into a story of a young girl realizing that she has dreams and worth, and a friendship that changed their lives.Adele is popular in school She is mixed race with a white father, so that automatically For this review and many others, please visit honestly didn t know what to expect going into this book All I knew was that two girls came together through a copy of a book Does a book lover need to know much else What ended up happening was I stumbled into a story of a young girl realizing that she has dreams and worth, and a friendship that changed their lives.Adele is popular in school She is mixed race with a white father, so that automatically gives her a higher status within the school Her father pays full fees at the Academy, her uniform is new, her shoes shine, and her house back home has carpets But when she s suddenly cast aside for awealthy student that just arrived, she needs to find out where she fits within school society all over again Meet Lottie She comes from nothing, is wild and carefree, does as she pleases, and doesn t care to be in t...

02 December 2018

Malla Nunn