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Patu
Paperback Edition: 1
A new edition of this powerful novel for teenagers. Sixteen year old Jahnine is having to fend for herself amidst a series of family misfortunes, with her mother is in hospital battling cancer and her brother gone without a trace. Family legend has it that a patu taken during the Land Wars by her great-great-grandfather has left a curse on them. Determined to return the patu and lift the curse, Jahnine turns to a strange Maori boy, Andy, and follows him away from Auckland to try and put things right. Nothing turns out the way she imagines in this powerful, realistic novel.
Publisher : Oratia Media
Pages : 224
Publication date : 2020-07-27
Subjects: Fiction, Published in New Zealand, Children's & Young Adult, Māori Children's / Young Adult