Into the River
Author(s): Ted Dawe
Some rivers should not be swum in. Some rivers hold secrets than can never be told. When Te Arepa Santos is dragged into the river by a giant eel, something happens that will change the course of his whole life. The boy who struggles to the bank is not the same as the one who plunged in, moments earlier. He has brushed against the spirit world, and there is a price to be paid; an utu to be exacted. Years later, far from the protection of whanau and ancestral land he finds new enemies. This time, with no-one to save him, there is a decision to be made...he can wait on the bank, or leap forward ...into the river. This is a prequel to the award winning novel 'Thunder Road'.
Product Information
Winner in 2 categories of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards:- Margaret Mahy book of the year and young adult fiction.
Ted Dawe is a writer of Young adult fiction. He won the 2004 Young Adults division of the NZ Post Children's book awards for Thunder Road and also the 'Best first book' award that same year. He was shortlisted again in 2006 for And Did Those Feet... for the Junior Fiction division. He has also written adult fiction 'K Road' 2005 and a collection of short stories for scondary school students called Captain Sailorbord and other stories. Some of his writing has appeared in other publictions such as Seduced by the Sea, edited by Tessa Duder, and Mischief and Mayhem, edited by Barbara Else.
General Fields
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- : Mangakino University Press
- : Mangakino University Press
- : 01 July 2012
- : 196 X 129mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ted Dawe
- : Paperback
- : 1st Edition
- : 823.3
- : Very Good
- : 279