Pieces of You Eileen Merriman Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143770473 Pieces of You is a typical YA coming-of-age novel that surprisingly offers more than a cliché. Not least, it is uniquely set in the familiar setting of Auckland.…
The Diamond Horse
Stacy Gregg
HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9780008124397
Grandad’s Wheelies
Jack Lasenby
Penguin Random House, $17.00, ISBN 9780143507338
Rona
Chris Szekely
Huia, $15.00, ISBN 9781775501985
The Impossible Boy
Leonie Agnew
Penguin Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9780143309062
Reading fiction allows a child to imagine what it would be like to be someone else, and to develop insight into character, motivation and relationships. These four novels are very different from each other, but they all include depictions of behaviour and relationships that will help their readers to understand something true about people.
Kūpapa – The Bitter Legacy of Māori Alliances with the Crown Ron Crosby Penguin Random House, $65.00, ISBN 9780143573111 Recently, we as a nation have experienced more commemoration and public history about New Zealand’s military history than ever before. We…