The soccer fence: a story of friendship, hope and apartheid in South Africa

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Author:
Bildner, Phil
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English
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Each time Hector watches white boys playing soccer in Johannesburg, South Africa, he dreams of playing on a real pitch one day and after the fall of apartheid, when he sees the 1996 African Cup of Nations team, he knows that his dream can come true.
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Apartheid -- Fiction
Blacks -- South Africa -- Fiction
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
Soccer -- Fiction
South Africa -- History -- 1961-1994 -- Fiction
South Africa -- History -- 1994- -- Fiction
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The soccer fence : a story of friendship, hope and apartheid in South Africa
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The soccer fence : a story of friendship, hope and apartheid in South Africa / Phil Bildner ; illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
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The soccer fence
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a story of friendship, hope and apartheid in South Africa
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Blacks
History
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Soccer

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