Patu
a novel
Tipene, Tim
1972-
creator
author.
text
Young adult fiction, New Zealand.
nz
Auckland, N.Z
Libro International
2012
monographic
eng
236 p. ; 22cm.
"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.
Ages 14+
adolescent
Tim Tipene.
Coming of age
Teen fiction
Families
Teen fiction
Cancer
Teen fiction
Weapons, Māori
Teen fiction
Identity (Psychology)
Teen fiction
Mate pukupuku
Whānau
Tuakiri
Patu
9781877514500
AP
121128
20221121075604.0