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Slice of heaven / Des O'Leary.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Wellington, New Zealand : Submarine, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 272 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780995109247
  • 0995109249
Subject(s): Summary: "Life for Sione and his mates at Manawahe East High in South Auckland is pretty sweet - a slice of heaven. But one day when they're in after-school detention there's an emergency. Another school's turned up for a softball game but the Manawahe junior boys team has gone awol. Sione, TJ, Hieu, Jordan and the rest are hurriedly pulled out of detention and onto the field to form a replacement team, with Leilani in charge of the equipment. The problem is none of them can play and they don't really want to learn ... at least not at first"-- Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Teenage Fiction Castlecliff Library Teenage Fiction Teenage Fiction OLEA Available T00807491
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Life for Sione and his mates at Manawahe East High in South Auckland is pretty sweet a slice of heaven. But one day when theyre in after-school detention theres an emergency. Another schools turned up for a softball game but the Manawahe junior boys team has gone awol. Sione, TJ, Hieu, Jordan and the rest are hurriedly pulled out of detention and onto the field to form a replacement team, with Leilani in charge of the equipment. The problem is none of them can play and they dont really want to learn at least not at first. Slice of Heaven is a novel about a bunch of young people surprised by sport that is pitch perfect, funny and packed with life as its lived in South Auckland.

Novel for young adults.

"Life for Sione and his mates at Manawahe East High in South Auckland is pretty sweet - a slice of heaven. But one day when they're in after-school detention there's an emergency. Another school's turned up for a softball game but the Manawahe junior boys team has gone awol. Sione, TJ, Hieu, Jordan and the rest are hurriedly pulled out of detention and onto the field to form a replacement team, with Leilani in charge of the equipment. The problem is none of them can play and they don't really want to learn ... at least not at first"-- Back cover.

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