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Into the river

Dawe, Ted (author.).

Summary: "When Te Arepa Santos is dragged into the river by a giant eel, something happens that will change the course of his whole life. The boy who struggles to the bank is not the same one who plunged in, moments earlier. He has brushed against the spirit world, and there is a price to be paid; an utu to be exacted. Years later, far from the protection of whanau and ancestral land he finds new enemies. This time, with no-one to save him, there is a decision to be made.. he can wait on the bank, or leap forward into the river"--Publisher information.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781775536031
  • ISBN: 1775536033
  • ISBN: 9781943818204
  • ISBN: 1943818207
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource.
  • Publisher: Auckland : Longacre Child, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Previous published: Auckland : M.U.P., 2012.
Novel for young adults.
Prequel to Thunder road.
Containes explicit content.
Target Audience Note:
Senior secondary.
Awards Note:
New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, Best Young Adult Fiction, 2013
New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, 2013
Subject: Boarding schools -- Fiction
Schools -- Fiction
Bullying -- Ficton
Friendship -- Fiction
Teenage boys -- Fiction
Identity -- Fiction
Maori (New Zealand people) -- Fiction
Coming of age -- Fiction
Taiohi
Pakiwaitara
Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction
Schools -- Juvenile fiction
Bullying -- Juvenile fiction
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
Maori (New Zealand people) -- Juvenile fiction
Bildungsromans
Bildungsromans
Boarding schools
Bullying
Friendship
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Maori (New Zealand people)
Schools
Teenage boys
Genre: Young adult fiction, New Zealand.
Electronic books.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.

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Summary: "When Te Arepa Santos is dragged into the river by a giant eel, something happens that will change the course of his whole life. The boy who struggles to the bank is not the same one who plunged in, moments earlier. He has brushed against the spirit world, and there is a price to be paid; an utu to be exacted. Years later, far from the protection of whanau and ancestral land he finds new enemies. This time, with no-one to save him, there is a decision to be made.. he can wait on the bank, or leap forward into the river"--Publisher information.

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