Zebra by Jill Wallace Hardback Book

A young white boy and a Zulu teen grow up together building an extraordinary friendship as they explore the rugged Drakensberg mountains around a remote South African hotel during the apartheid era.ampampnbspampampnbspJock and Papin forge an indelible bond while learning to love and appreciate each others cultures. Despite whispers from intolerant guests the boys are oblivious to the consequences of their friendship. There goes the zebra guests remark claiming they cant tell where the white boy ends and the black boy begins.ampampnbspBut the boys friendship is strong enough to conquer alluntil societys impossible expectations wrench them apart leaving bitter disappointment and souldeep wounds that will not heal.A decade later these longlost friends converge on opposite sides of a harrowing battlefield one a reluctant soldier the other a passionate freedom fighter.