Waiting for the Rain Summary
Sheila Gordon

Everything you need to understand or teach Waiting for the Rain by Sheila Gordon.

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Waiting for the Rain Summary

Waiting for the Rain is a novel of South Africa by writer Sheila Gordon. In this novel, the main character is Tengo, a young black boy who grows up on a farm owned by a white family. Tengo is friends with the young nephew of the farmer, but as the two boys grow older Tengo becomes aware of differences in the way he and the nephew are treated. Tengo begins to...

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