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Stop the tour : the diary of Martin Daly, Christchurch, 1981 / written by Bill Nagelkerke.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: My New Zealand storyPublication details: Auckland, New Zealand : Scholastic New Zealand Limited, 2021. Edition: Redesigned editionDescription: 213 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781775437178
  • 1775437175
Uniform titles:
  • Sitting on the fence
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • NZ823.2 23
Summary: "It is 1981 and Martin senses big trouble brewing at home. The South African rugby team has been invited to tour New Zealand. Martin's sister, Sarah, is out to stop the tour in protest against South Africa's apartheid system. His rugby-mad dad is equally determined that the tour should go ahead. Martin wishes the whole thing would simply go away ... Then a new school leads to a new friendship, and Martin is faced with a choice. He can walk away or he can become involved in something that will end up being bigger than anybody could have predicted"--Back cover.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Young Adult Young Adult Pop-Up Library Young Adult Fiction Children &Young Adults Section NAGE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available W00004971

Novel for children.

"First published in 2007 by Scholastic New Zealand as part of the My Story series 'Sitting on the fence.' This retitled and redesigned edition published in 2021 as part of the My New Zealand Story series"--Title page verso.

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"It is 1981 and Martin senses big trouble brewing at home. The South African rugby team has been invited to tour New Zealand. Martin's sister, Sarah, is out to stop the tour in protest against South Africa's apartheid system. His rugby-mad dad is equally determined that the tour should go ahead. Martin wishes the whole thing would simply go away ... Then a new school leads to a new friendship, and Martin is faced with a choice. He can walk away or he can become involved in something that will end up being bigger than anybody could have predicted"--Back cover.

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