Rainbow Warrior : Auckland, 1985 /

Holt, Sharon, 1959-

Rainbow Warrior : Auckland, 1985 / Sharon Holt. - Redesigned and retitled edition. - 157 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - My New Zealand story. . - My New Zealand story. .

Novel for children. "First published in 2008 by Scholastic New Zealand Limited under the My Story series and titled Sabotage! The Diary of Rowan Webb, Auckland, 1985"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Rainbow Warrior was the flag ship of the Greenpeace movement, when it was sunk by agents of the French Foreign Intelligence, while anchored in Auckland harbour, on the 10th of July 1985. In this story thirteen-year-old Rowan Webb gets herself a French penpal and unwittingly becomes involved in an event that not only shocks a nation, but the whole world. Includes historical notes.

Intermediate, junior secondary National Library of New Zealand.

9781775433620 1775433625


Rainbow Warrior (Ship)--Children's fiction.


Bombings--New Zealand--Waitemata Harbour--Children's fiction.
Secret service--France--Children's fiction.


Children's stories, New Zealand.
Diary fiction.

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