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At Swaziland's Keziah Christian Academy, where the wealth and color of one's father determines one's station, once-popular Adele bonds with poor Lottie over a shared copy of "Jane Eyre" and a series of disasters.

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Edgar Award nominee stuns in this heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school where two girls of different castes bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Young Adult Book of the Century

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 more 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.

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  • Title When the Ground Is Hard
  • Author Malla Nunn
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
  • ISBN 9780525515579 / 0525515577
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
  • Age range 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 830
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Category Young Adult Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects Racially mixed people, Schools
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018040602
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/15/2019, Page 56
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2019, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 06/01/2019, Page 80

About the author

After her family migrated to Australia to escape apartheid, Malla Nunn graduated with a double degree in English and History and then earned a master of arts in Theater Studies from Villanova University. Faced with a life of chronic under-employment, she dabbled in acting and screenwriting. She wrote and directed three award-winning films including Servant of the Ancestors, which won best documentary awards at film festivals in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Zanzibar and was shown on national television in Australia. She has published several adult books and has received two Edgar Award nominations. She married in a traditional Swazi ceremony. Her bride price was eighteen cows. She now lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
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