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Hereaka, Whiti,

Legacy / Whiti Hereaka. - Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand : Huia Publishers, 2018. - 263 pages ; 21 cm

Novel for young adults.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Seventeen-year-old Riki is worried about school and the future, but mostly about his girlfriend, Gemma, who has suddenly stopped seeing or texting him. But on his way to see her, he's hit by a bus and his life radically changes. Riki wakes up one hundred years earlier in Egypt, in 1915, and finds he's living through his great-great-grandfather's experiences in the Māori Contingent. At the same time that Riki tries to make sense of what's happening and find a way home, we go back in time and read transcripts of interviews Riki's great-great-grandfather gave in 1975 about his experiences in this war and its impact on their family. Gradually we realise the fates of Riki and his great-great-grandfather are intertwined"--Publisher's website.

Secondary National Library of New Zealand.

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Young Adult Fiction Award, 2019

ISBN: 9781775503347 1775503348

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1914-1918

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1914-1918 --Fiction.
Time travel--Fiction.
Pakanga.
Te Pakanga Tuatahi o Te Ao.
Kōrero nehe.
Whakapapa.
Kōrero paki mā te hunga taiohi.
Pakiwaitara.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction

LC Class. No.: PR9639.3.H447 / L44 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.92 NZ823.3