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Patu

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

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Product Details
Oratia Books
1877514500 / 9781877514500
Paperback / softback
01/11/2012
New Zealand
224 pages
148 x 210 mm
Teenage / Young Adult Learn More