# Burn My Heart

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- Book: [Burn My Heart](https://www.bookquiver.com/beverley-naidoo/burn-my-heart) ([Burn My Heart.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/beverley-naidoo/burn-my-heart.md))
- Authors: [Beverley Naidoo](https://www.bookquiver.com/beverley-naidoo)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4132-124-0
- Pages: 208
- Published: 2007-07-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Mau Mau – the name of a secret society that once struck terror into the hearts of British settlers in Kenya. An episode in history that ended in a State of Emergency, with violent and brutal acts dividing a nation. This is an intensely personal and vivid story of two boys: one black, one white. Once they were friends even though their circumstances are very different. But in a country riven by fear and prejudice, even the best of friends can betray one another . . . Internationally acclaimed and award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores new territory in this beautifully realized and moving story set in Britain's colonial past.