When The Ground Is Hard - Dances away with the win

I was invested in both stories. I thought about which students I could hand these books to. Fighting Words was real, raw, emotional, and strong. The language was a bit easier to read than When the Ground Is Hard, but the themes were just as deep and developed. I had a strong emotional reaction to this one. When The Ground Is Hard taught me so much about Swaziland in the 1960s, class, race, and boarding school. I was thinking about the story long after I read it. It even compelled me to do some further research. Not every book gives me that reaction. When The Ground Is Hard is a Winner!