A wild night of partying and a run-in with one of the most notorious drug dealers in Gauteng turns Barries' life upside down. The police give him one simple choice - if he wants to stay out of jail, he has to spend the next six weeks on a farm, near a small coastal town in the Eastern Cape, right in the middle of nowhere. With his estranged father. Slowly but surely, Barries comes to realise that the bottle of brandy stashed under the bed is not the only - or the darkest - secret his father is hiding. Breath, a translation of the best-selling Asem, is a gripping novel for teens that doesn't hesitate to tackle difficult themes.
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Für Kinder
Interest Age: From 15 to 17 years
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978-0-637-00472-5 (9780637004725)
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In 2000, Jan's first novel for teens, Geraamtes dra nie klere nie, was published. It was awarded with the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature (Gold), the M.E.R. Prize, the Scheepers Prize and an ATKV Children's Book Award. In 2015 he won the LAPA Youth Literature Competition with Asem, which was also chosen as an honors book by the international IBBY board as well as being chosen by the IEB as prescribed work for 2020. Jan and his wife Diana currently reside in the Eastern Cape.
