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Cityside is being overrun and one of the children is stolen. The only thing to do is cross the bridge into enemy territory and try to find answers. A deeply thought-provoking novel which is packed with action but also with issues of identity, religion, power and politics. The Text Prize They must unlock truths that have been hidden for centuries and fight an ancient battle.
Jumping between and - in each there is a bridal challenge to find a husband for a beautiful woman. There is danger and much changing of names and identities as we follow the characters through their different incarnations to a dramatic climax.
They say the past is another country. Some people can go there. It hasn't been an easy time for Matiu Douglas, magical adept. One of his friends is now a ghost. Ghosts of Parihaka book. Read 6 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. It hasn't been an easy time for Matiu Douglas, magical Adept. One.
In exile they are beset by the same perils as the heroes of the Ramayana. Why are the four friends reliving the Ramayana and who was Ravana?
Linked Data More info about Linked Data. Tidy library-cancelled copy. The City is divided. Nicole Mavaega marked it as to-read Aug 19, As usual, South America and Oceania were the problem areas. Norse gods, adventure, legends - what more can I ask for?
Ancient mysteries are uncovered and forgotten powers regained. Exciting and mystical. A dramatic tale of the early West Coast settlers. A very real picture of what could become of our world as a result of climate change with a romantic element along with thrilling excitement. Ellie is at boarding school, he main concerns are hanging out with her best friend Kevin, her crush on Mark, and her paper deadline.
Then an older woman sets her sights on Kevin, who is Maori, and she has plans for him. Ellie is drawn into the world of Maori war, eventually finds herself at war with the fairy people. The tragedy that results changes many lives.
White Ravens Rugbyplaying Alan and his friends are all in favour of the tour before it happens, Donna and her friends are protesters. The country is polarised and Alan begins to see another side. Will should be preparing for his exams but instead he begins searching for answers. Warning: graphic sex scenes and drug taking. A turbulent emotional story. But on a hiking trip they come across a wounded man - a man who is being pursued by his would-be killers.
The story conveys the intensely felt worlds of the adolescent — love, poetry and England — and the enthralling but sometimes painful experience of growing up female. Over 1 million white Christians were captured by Corsair pirates. Desperate and frightened, the people pray for a hero to save them.
And, like a Shakespearean heroine, she must change herself before she can take up her greatest challenge and save her exiled husband, Horitana. But when his best friend, Riki, is snatched into the ghost-world of Aotearoa during a school trip, Mat has to put all his other worries aside and act fast.
Well after the end of the New Zealand Wars, the people of this small settlement at the foot of Mt Taranaki held out against the encroachments of Pakeha settlers in a struggle that swapped the weapons of war for the weapons of peace. Ask That Mountain draws on official papers, settler manuscripts and oral history to give the first complete account of what took place at Parihaka. Now in its ninth edition, this seminal work was in named by the Sunday Star-Times as one of the ten most important books published in New Zealand.
Rather, it is a collection of snapshots, a patchwork quilt, a scrapbook, a mongrel record my own efforts to understand one of the most important and disturbing events in New Zealand history — the invasion of Parihaka — and its powerful, complicated legacy. The children cheer excitedly, thinking Andy will win the contest.