Now is the Time for Running, Paperback/Michael Williams

Meet Deo: a great footballer, a fierce protector of his older brother, Innocent Meet Innocent: easily nervous, easily happy and good at keeping score on the dusty fields of Zimbabwe where they boys play. When the soldiers come, they destroy the only home they've ever known. Now, Deo has nothing but his brother, and a football stuffed with billions of worthless dollars. And so starts their journey to find their father. But with soldiers everywhere, they have only one chance to cross the border, one chance to escape. Now is the time for courage. Now is the time for running.