beautifully written, thought-provoking and utterly enchanting.

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--Bruce McAllister-, author of Dream Baby and The Girl Who Loved Animals

PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Trying to pass as white in South Africa during apartheid is difficult enough for seventeen-year-old Katharine Dernison, but her strange family with their made-up religion and unusual traditions makes things even worse. Katharine thinks she’ll never fit in or have a friend. But when fun, wild, blonde-haired Letty Brand comes to her school, Katharine’s life unfolds in unexpected directions.  She must learn heartbreaking lessons about love, loyalty, loss and the truth of her father’s words: if you aren’t actively fighting for something, you are actively fighting against it.