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001			13992985
003			OSt
005			20190305143557.0
008			060929s2006 nz 000 1 eng d
020			_a9780670072057 (hbk.)
020			_a9780143020899 (pbk.)
020			_a0143020897 (pbk.)
035			_a(NZ-CU)1026709
040			_aTAUP _cTAUP _dWP
082	0	4	_aNZ823.2 _222
100	1		_aJones, Lloyd, _d1955- _94116
245	1	0	_aMister Pip / _cLloyd Jones.
246	3		_aMr Pip
260			_aMairangi Bay, Auckland : _bPenguin Books , _c2006.
300			_a220 p. ; _c24 cm.
520			_aMister Pip is a love story, a story about the meaning of names and the power of words. It is about growing up, survival and the search for clues to make sense of life. Thirteen year old Matilda lives with her mother on the Pacific island of Bougainville, which suddenly becomes a violent place: Rebels want the copper mine, which is poisoning their island, to close. They are trying to drive the redskin army, enemies from neighbouring Papua New Guinea, into the sea. The abandoned schoolhouse is overgrown with jungle. In this troubled world, Mr Watts decides he will open the school once more, and read 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens aloud to his students, a chapter a day. Stories flourish on the island. While the lives of Pip and Magwitch and other characters from 'Great Expectations' are transformed in their new tropical setting, the locals come to the schoolhouse to tell their own tales, about the meaning of the colour blue, about broken dreams, black birds, devil women and a dozen other subjects. In Matilda's eyes, Pip is as real as any living person. He has become her friend. She writes his name in the sand and decorates it with shells. That's where the redskin soldiers see it, and decide they must track this stranger down. Who is this Mr Pip? The search to find him will have devastating consequences for Matilda, Mr Watts and the entire village. Matilda may never stop looking for him.
650		0	_aStorytelling _vFiction. _94118
651		0	_aBougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) _vFiction. _94119
650		0	_94117 _aBooks and reading _vFiction.
655			_910866 _aNew Zealand fiction _y21st century. _v21st century.
942			_2ddc _cFICNZ
999			_c14441 _d14441