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Day, Marion, 1956-

Whakaari / Marion Day ; [illustrated by Emma Gustafson]. - Picton, Aotearoa New Zealand : Marion Day, 2023. - 246 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Novel for young adults.

"Roa, fifteen, lives close to Whakaari/White Island. She tells her story in days, weeks and months. Meanwhile, she and her mother Huia both flash-back into the past. Huia reveals how her choice of men has affected her daughter. Roa knows right from wrong, loves to write, but is crumbling beneath her two secrets. Finally, she confides in her brother, and later her mother. Whakaari's always there, deep inside Roa - beautiful, threatening. Guilt for what she has done, forces her back into darkness and she must find her way out"--Publisher information.

ISBN: 9780473651817 0473651815

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Teenage girls--Fiction.
At-risk youth--New Zealand--Fiction
Maori (New Zealand people)--Fiction.
Gangs--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Kēnge.
Kōtiro.--reo
Whānau.
Whakamātau hinengaro taiohi.
Taiohi.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Young adult fiction, New Zealand.
Social problem fiction.

LC Class. No.: NZ823.3

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.3