TY - BOOK AU - Day, Marion, AU - Gustafson,Emma TI - Whakaari SN - 9780473651817 AV - NZ823.3 U1 - NZ823.3 23 PY - 2023///. CY - Picton, Aotearoa New Zealand : PB - Marion Day, KW - Teenage girls KW - Fiction KW - At-risk youth KW - New Zealand KW - Maori (New Zealand people) KW - Gangs KW - Families KW - Mothers and daughters KW - Kēnge KW - reo KW - Kōtiro KW - Whānau KW - Whakamātau hinengaro taiohi KW - Taiohi KW - Young adult fiction, New Zealand KW - Social problem fiction KW - lcgft N1 - Novel for young adults N2 - "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 ER -