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SS Penguin : SOS /

Frater, Adrienne M. 1946-

SS Penguin : SOS / SOS SS Penguin Adrienne Frater. - New Zealand : OneTree House Ltd, 2020. - 167 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Novel for children.

"Set in New Zealand in the 20's/30's, a young boy goes to live with his aunt and cousin following the death of his father. He begins work on a school history project which uncovers a family tragedy and a hero in the household. Based on the true sinking of the SS Penguin, a sometimes forgotten NZ maritime disaster, and on the reallife heroine of the day, Ada Hannan"--Publisher's website.

9780995117600 0995117608


Penguin (Steamship)--Juvenile fiction.
Shipwrecks--New Zealand--Cook Strait--Juvenile fiction.
Shipwrecks--New Zealand--Cape Terawhiti--Juvenile fiction.


Shipwrecks--Juvenile fiction.


New Zealand


Children's stories, New Zealand.
Historical fiction.

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