Patu : a novel / Tim Tipene.

By:

Tipene, Tim, 1972- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Auckland, N.Z. : Libro International , 2012.Description: 236 p. ; 22cmISBN:

9781877514500

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Genre/Form:

Young adult fiction, New Zealand.

Summary: "In this powerful new novel for teenagers, 16-year-old Jahnine is having to fend for herself amidst a series of family misfortunes, with her mother 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 coming-of-age novel from Tim Tipene."--Publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Teen Fiction	Pātea LibraryPlus Teen	Teen Fiction	TIPE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		I2117283

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"In this powerful new novel for teenagers, 16-year-old Jahnine is having to fend for herself amidst a series of family misfortunes, with her mother 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 coming-of-age novel from Tim Tipene."--Publisher description.

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