TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tipene,Tim
TI  - Patu: a novel 
SN  - 9781877514500
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - Libro International
KW  - Coming of age
KW  - Teen fiction
KW  - Families
KW  - Cancer
KW  - Weapons, Māori
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - Mate pukupuku
KW  - reo
KW  - Whānau
KW  - Tuakiri
KW  - Patu
KW  - Young adult fiction, New Zealand
KW  - local
N1  - Ages 14+
N2  - "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
ER  -