Waiting+for+the+Rain

Frikkie and Tengo are good friends, but are different races. They have been best friends since they were 3. Tengo is a poor boy who is black. He does not go to school but wants to very much. Frikkie is a rich white boy who goes to school but does not like it. Tengo's family works for Frikkie's aunt and uncle. They do all of their work, but they get very little money and food. One day, Frikkie's cousin yells at one of Tengo's leaders. Tengo sees it and yells at Frikkie's cousin. Tengo starts to see that they are not being treated fair for their color. When Frikkie gets older, he joins the army and fights against the protesting blacks in Africa. Tengo starts school and is ready to go to college when he meets up with Frikkie again. Tengo is throwing rocks at a group of soldiers when one starts to chase him. He hides in a shed and finds a big iron bar. When the soldier comes in, he hits him with the bar and takes his gun. He is about ready to kill him when he realizes the soldier is Frikkie. Tengo gets mad and yells at Frikkie for all that he has done to his people. Frikkie doesn't understand what Tengo means and thinks he did good things. Tengo finally gives up and realizes that Frikkie will never understand him. Tengo lets Frikkie go but makes a promise with him that he won't tell anyone about what he did to Frikkie. Although they have different beliefs, they leave as friends.

I learned that in South Africa they play different sports like cricket. There are a lot more poor people and not good farm land. They have a lot more farmers in their country. This is what I found interesting about the South Africans culture.-Jaren I learned that there were many tribes of black people in South Africa before white people came. The Dutch came for the good farmland. The Africans believed that the land was theirs because they had always lived on it. The white people thought that they could take it over because they had more money.-Joey What I learned from this story is that life is unfair and harsh. The black tribes that live in South Africa were kicked offt of their land because the white people thought that owned everything. The black people are treated unfairly. For example, the black people have to pay for their education while the white people go for free. The white people live in nice, big homes that are taken care of by the black people. The black people leave their jobs to go live in dirty shacks. -John

I did not like this book as much as I liked __The Crossing__. It was a little bit slower then I would of liked but it was still pretty good.- Jaren I kind of liked this book. It had a good plot, but was really slow. It was better than __Walkabout__ by a lot. I would give it a eight out of ten.- Joey I really hated this book. I would recommend this book to no one because there is no action, no thrill, and sometimes it is confusing. If I were to give this a score of 0-10 I would probably give it a two. If I'm going to read a book, it needed to be short and action packed like __The Crossing__.-John