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Shooting stars / Brian Falkner.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: 349 pages ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781775433606
  • 1775433609
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • NZ823.3 23
Summary: "In 15 years, Egan Tucker has spoken to no one but his mother ... Escaping from an abusive husband, Moana (Moma) took baby Ethan to live in the Coromandel bush. For 15 years, Moma taught Egan to survive, and instilled in him her code for a good life. A chance meeting with a DOC deer culler (JT) while out hunting, results in Ethan finding his first friend. And when Moma goes to get supplies one day and never returns, Ethan decides to head to Auckland to get help from his mother's friend - and also to try and find JT. But Egan finds that survival amongst the streetkids of Auckland is nothing like living in the bush ... and he is unprepared for the tragedy that awaits"--Publisher information.
List(s) this item appears in: Hāwera Reading Vine - Adventure Stories
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Young adult fiction Ōpunakē LibraryPlus YA Young adult fiction FALK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available i2159392
Young adult fiction Stratford YA Young adult fiction FAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A0078661X
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Novel for young adults.

"In 15 years, Egan Tucker has spoken to no one but his mother ... Escaping from an abusive husband, Moana (Moma) took baby Ethan to live in the Coromandel bush. For 15 years, Moma taught Egan to survive, and instilled in him her code for a good life. A chance meeting with a DOC deer culler (JT) while out hunting, results in Ethan finding his first friend. And when Moma goes to get supplies one day and never returns, Ethan decides to head to Auckland to get help from his mother's friend - and also to try and find JT. But Egan finds that survival amongst the streetkids of Auckland is nothing like living in the bush ... and he is unprepared for the tragedy that awaits"--Publisher information.

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