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Author: David Hill
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781869434991
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's 1953 and Peter is determined that his scout patrol will get to the finals of a First Aid competition. This means travelling to Auckland by train on Christmas Eve, a journey that Peter will never forget. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Author: David Hill
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Published: 2011
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on a true event, the author tells his story of the Tangiwai disaster set in the context of his everyday life.
Author: Peter Greminger
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-08-03
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 3750497435
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlois Hartmann was cursing his father's incredible view, not to pass the farmstead over to him, the second born. Hand over head he left embittered and angry, together with his young wife Judith, the home valley in Switzerland and immigrated to New Zealand. He vowed loudly that he would show them all, who knew best about livestock and crop cultivation. The land at Taranaki was fertile and the Hartmann-Station became with the years an impressive property. But it demanded everything, hard work and solitude. Judith felt robbed of all her dreams and illusions. On Christmas Eve 1953 she set off to visit her only friend at Auckland, to find comprehension, comfort and advice. On that Holy Night nobody knew that the train would never reach its final destination, perhaps only the angry Mount Ruapehu...
Author: David Hill
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Published: 2010-11-22
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781775430063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's 1953, in Napier, and Peter Cotterill starts the year writing in a journal given to him by his Great Aunt. We follow him through a year of many changes as his small community struggles through hard times. After joining the Scouts, Peter is determined that his patrol will get to the finals of a First Aid competition. This means travelling to Auckland by train on Christmas Eve, a journey that he will never forget. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Author: David Hill
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Published: 2016-10-31
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 0143770705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSimon is a typical teenager – in every way except one. Simon likes girls, weekends and enjoys mucking about and playing practical jokes. But what s different is that Simon has muscular dystrophy – he is in a wheelchair and doesn t have long to live. See Ya, Simon is told by Simon's best friend, Nathan. Funny, moving and devastatingly honest, it tells of their last year together. Winner of the Times Educational Supplement Nasen Award, the Silver Pen Award and the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved Book, See Ya, Simon has been published in the USA, UK, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, China, Japan and Slovenia.
Author: Eva Wong Ng
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Published: 2019
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781775435778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSet in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1942, in an area of the city known as Chinatown where the descendants of the Chinese miners and market gardeners gathered together to maintain their culture and provide a sense of community. New Zealand is at war when Silvey starts her diary, but for Silvey this is just a backdrop to the main issues of her worldthe closure of her school and the arrival of Chinese-American soldiers
Author: Shirley Corlett
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Published: 2020-04
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781775436379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Debbies grandmother gives her a copy of her forefathers old sea journal, she finds it fascinating. While Debbies own diary tells of 1960s school life and troubles with her friends, excerpts from the diary of 1841 tell of the hardships of life on an emigrant sailing ship. At home, sick with glandular fever, Debbie feels transported back in time. Is it the fever, or is her long-dead relative trying to tell her something? Following a trip to the South Island to visit relatives, Debbie boards the ferry to return home to Wellington. It is April 1968. The ferrys name is Wahine...
Author: David Hill
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Published: 2006-05
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781869437909
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBen is useless at sport but when he joins the writers' group at school he finds he has some talent. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 133
ISBN-13: 0545414962
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNewbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky's A JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD is now back in print with a gorgeous new package!Twelve-year-old Remember Patience Whipple ("Mem" for short) has just arrived in the New World with her parents after a grueling 65-day journey on the MAYFLOWER. Mem has an irrepressible spirit, and leaps headfirst into life in her new home. Despite harsh conditions, Mem is fearless. She helps to care for the sick and wants more than anything to meet and befriend a Native American.
