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The Mapmaker's Race
Paperback Edition: 1
Four children temporarily lose their parents just as they are about to begin the race that offers their last chance of escaping poverty. Their task is to map a rail route through an uncharted wilderness.
They overcome the many obstacles posed by nature, bears, bees, bats, river crossings, cliff falls, impossible weather, but can they survive the treachery of their competitors?
This is a fast-paced and charming novel. It's children are brave and competent but not always right. It's world is magical enough to be intriguing but close enough to our own to keep the reader on firm ground.
Featured in the 30 May 2018 New Zealand newsletter.
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Pages : 242
Publisher : Gecko Press
Publication date : 2018-07-01
Subjects: Fiction, Children's & Young Adult, Ages 8-12, NZ Children's / Young Adult, NZ Adventure Stories (Children's / Young Adult), NZ General Fiction (Children's / Young Adult)