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Out of Shadows

Jason Wallace

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Jul 08, 2011 Barbara rated it liked it · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Set in Zimbabwe in the 1980s after a series of violent civil wars, this novel follows the struggles of Robert Jacklin who attends a boarding school after his family moves from England to Zimbabwe. Robert's father empathizes with the blacks who have been oppressed in the past and sees this as a time to heal wounds and make up for inequities. His mother is depressed and just wants to return home. It's hard to know much about her because of the way she is drawn in the book. As a new boy, Robert is ...more

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Dec 13, 2011 Jan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: teenbooks, historical-fiction

This is a historical novel that has great appeal to both teens and adults. The writing is sharp and poignant, the characters unforgettable. The story is set in Zimbabwe, at the beginning of the presidency of Robert Mugabe. Whites who remain in Zimbabwe hope that Mugabe will promote tolerance between whites and blacks, but great racial tension remains, as exemplified by the attitudes of boys in a private prep school in Zimbabwe. The narrator, Robert, is a student at the school and is troubled by ...more

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