TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beattie,Kath
TI  - Cyclone Bola: Gisborne, 1988 
T2  - My New Zealand story
SN  - 9781775431008 (pbk.) :
U1  - NZ823.2 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Auckland, N.Z.
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Cyclone Bola, 1988
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Natural disasters
KW  - Vineyards
KW  - Diary fiction
KW  - Gisborne (N.Z.)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Children's stories, New Zealand
KW  - local
N1  - Novel for children
N2  - "Fictionalised diary of Amy Dyer who is caught up in Cyclone Bola in Gisborne, 1988. Amy is a twelve-year-old Auckland girl whose parents have left her to stay on a vineyard in Gisborne with relatives while they go on a sailing trip. Cyclone Bola strikes, sending the area into chaos. Amy doesn't hear from her parents for weeks and fears they are lost at sea. Gisborne is ravaged by the cyclone and afterwards there is much work to be done clearing up. Amy stays on and helps the community and her family on the vineyard. Her parents eventually return and the family is reunited"--Publisher's information. Suggested level: primary, intermediate
ER  -