In Los Angeles in the year 2108, a rediscovery expedition from New Zealand is trying to make sense of what is left after the planet is almost completely destroyed by a nuclear holocaust.
Fred, his classmates, and his teacher prepare to welcome Tui, a new student from New Zealand, by learning about her country and its culture. Includes a craft project and traditional recipe.
When a rash of suicides disturbs Summerton, an oddly perfect tourist town on the west coast of New Zealand, the younger siblings of the dead boys become suspicious and begin an investigation that reveals dark secrets and puts them in grave danger.
Explores the history, geography, people, culture, government, and economy of New Zealand and features full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
the texts of the stories, Katherine Mansfield--from her letters, criticism
Mansfield, Katherine
2006
Collects thirty-five short stories by New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield, with twenty excerpts from her correspondences, which address the craft of writing and her views of her own work, and eighteen critical essays by writers such as Rebecca West, T. S. Eliot, and Frank O'Connor.
On the fifth anniversary of his older sister's death, nineteen-year-old Jonny Dart, troubled by feelings of guilt and an imperfect memory of the event, goes in search of the only other witness to the fatal accident and, through a chance meeting with a senile old woman, finds a way to free himself of the past.
Moki, one of the moa birds being hunted into extinction by the Maoris on New Zealand, tries to regain their lost ability to fly so that he can escape death. Includes facts about New Zealand, the Maoris, and the moas.
During his first twenty-four hours after finishing high school, seventeen-year-old Ellis unexpectedly becomes part of an inner-city world far different from his comfortable life, which helps deal with his best friend's recent suicide.
Determined to satisfy her curiosity about her unknown father, eighteen-year-old Angela May embarks on an emotional journey that shapes and forever alters the way she looks at herself, her unconventional mother, and her devoted friend Tycho.
