The Rules

Teenage Adam obeys the rules and dreams big, of real soccer boots and of playing for South Africa one day. Jasmine, his twin sister, is street-smart and lives by her own rules. She dreams too, of a life outside of poverty. Meanwhile she saves all her coins in a glass jar on the top of Auntie Fouzie s cupboard. But things are changing. The country is facing a general election, Daddy didn t come home again last night, and Uncle Grootman is sitting in a wheelchair. Then Germany beats Brazil seven goals to one