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Dear Grade 10 Learner

The novel Finders Keepers is an action-packed and emotionally-laden novel about a sixteen-year-old South African girl. Her life and experiences are portrayed so accurately and realistically in such a complex and riveting series of events that you will find it impossible not to be drawn into them.

The novel’s main themes concern issues which affect us all. Elements such as love, loss, unemployment, poverty, violence, bullying, striking, traditions and friendship will immediately grip your attention and ensure your involvement in the joy, frustration and sadness of a week in the life of Lufuno Mukwevho, the main protagonist.

These universal themes direct your empathy as you follow Lufuno’s struggles. She has to face a new reality while hankering for the way things used to be at her grandmother’s home in Venda and the time when she and her best friend were still together having fun. She now finds herself, as a Grade 11 student, in a strange school, in a different province, having to cope with unresolved trauma, gangsters and nasty cyber-bullies. While trying to do the right thing as expected by her family and tradition and at the same time dealing with the stress of her new life, she falls in love and makes new friends. All of this is set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike action at the factory where both her parents work.

In this guide, the novel is thoroughly analysed and all literary and contextual elements are explained to make it easily comprehensible for you as a First Additional Language learner. This is to ensure that you do not miss out on any nuance of meaning or compromise your complete enjoyment and understanding of the novel. For this reason, a thorough chapter-by-chapter analysis – including a summary, contextual questions and a thematic discussion – is included. Detailed literary elements – such as the use of figures of speech; a formal timeline; the use of idioms and proverbs; a description of all the characters; the significance of names; and the setting of the novel – make this novel accessible to you, the reader.

Finally, you are provided with test and examination questions as well as informal assessment tasks to ensure that you achieve optimal results.

Enjoy your study of the novel and good luck with your literary endeavours.

The compiler