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Kura Toa : warrior school / Tim Tipene.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia Books, 2016Description: 91 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780947506179 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Kura Toa [electronic resource] : warrior schoolSummary: Haki's pounamu is taken from him by a strange old man as he lies in the road after a car accident. His search to find the old man brings him into conflict with his family and friends but forces him to confront his fears, re-connect with his family and Maori heritage and, ultimately, become a warrior. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Teenage Fiction Davis (Central) Library Teenage Fiction Teenage Fiction TIPE Available T00632936
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

High-school student Haki needs to find the pounamu that was stolen from him after a car crash by a mysterious old man who seems to know a lot about him. Hakis search brings him into conflict with his family, his friends and his school. In the process he must confront his fears and find a way to answer the challenge to serve his people and his land, fight a taniwha, and grow into a warrior. Kura Toa is a superb read for students in the 1216 age group that distils youth and indigenous issues into a seamless and easy-to-access narrative that has attracted a strong following in schools.

Novel for young adults.

Previous ed.: Reed, 2004.

Haki's pounamu is taken from him by a strange old man as he lies in the road after a car accident. His search to find the old man brings him into conflict with his family and friends but forces him to confront his fears, re-connect with his family and Maori heritage and, ultimately, become a warrior. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.

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