Check out The Year the Gypsies Came by Linzi Glass, a novel about family, apartheid, and how hope can come out of tragedy.
Twelve-year old Emily is growing up in apartheid Johannesburg (South Africa) in the 1960s when a family of wanderers is invited by her father to camp in their lawn. Throughout her life Emily has noticed that the fighting between her parents eases when they invite strangers to stay in their home. What her parents do not realize, however, is that this family brings troubles of their own, troubles that will spell tragedy for Emily's family, particularly for her sister Sarah. Emily is able to take comfort in her friendship with the family's Zulu night watchman Buza, but it takes her most of the book to understand the kind of oppression Buza faces on a daily basis. The themes of family and racism weave throughout the book to create a story you won't want to stop reading until the book is finished.
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