The pōrangi boy / Shilo Kino.

By:

Kino, Shilo [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand : Huia Publishers, 2020. Description: 251 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

9781775503996
1775503992

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DDC classification:

NZ823.3 23

Awards:

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Young Adult Fiction Award, 2021

Summary: "Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring and a taniwha named Taukere. The government plan to build a prison here and destroy the home of the taniwha has divided the community. Some are against it, but others see it as an opportunity. Niko is worried about the land and Taukere, but who will listen to him? He's an ordinary boy who's laughed at, bullied, and called pōrangi, crazy, for believing in the taniwha. But it's Niko who has to convince the community that Taukere is real, unite whānau in protest against the prison and stand up to the bullies"--Publisher information.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Junior Fiction	Waimate Junior Fiction	Children &Young Adults Section	KINO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		A00733623

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"Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring and a taniwha named Taukere. The government plan to build a prison here and destroy the home of the taniwha has divided the community. Some are against it, but others see it as an opportunity. Niko is worried about the land and Taukere, but who will listen to him? He's an ordinary boy who's laughed at, bullied, and called pōrangi, crazy, for believing in the taniwha. But it's Niko who has to convince the community that Taukere is real, unite whānau in protest against the prison and stand up to the bullies"--Publisher information.

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Young Adult Fiction Award, 2021

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