The Magical Bicycle
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The South African background to this story is sketched with a light touch. Tom, a young black boy whose mother is employed in a wealthy white town, is aware of the struggle for freedom; for him, though, freedom is the bicycle he's always wanted, provided for him by a strange old woman with magic powers. A warmhearted fantasy with a realistic setting, straightforward enough for juniors to read alone.