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Awatea's treasure / Fraser Smith.

By:

Smith, Fraser, 1951- [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Smith, Fraser, Awatea ; book 1.Description: 127 pages ; 21 cmSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Children's stories, New Zealand.

DDC classification:

NZ823.3 23

Summary: Awatea is staying in the country with his grandparents and uncles next door to Mrs Carol's house, said to be haunted. Awatea's uncles challenge him to spend a night there, but can he do it? Meantime, they go to stay at the beach, where he meets the Rumbles and their talking parrot, Carrot. Awatea and Carrot go exploring, and Carrot takes Awatea to a hidden tree house, reveals a secret and treasure and teases Awatea's uncles. When Awatea returns home, he realises an uncle has set up Mrs Carol's house to make it seem haunted. So Awatea turns the tables and plays a spooky trick of his own.

List(s) this item appears in: NZ Childrens Book Awards 2017 | Hāwera Reading Vine | Hāwera Reading Vine - New Zealand Fiction

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Junior Fiction	Hāwera LibraryPlus Children's	Children's Fiction	SMIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	12/06/2023	I2165298
Junior Fiction	Manaia LibraryPlus Children's	Children's Fiction	SMIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		i2167813

Total holds: 0

Novel for children.

Awatea is staying in the country with his grandparents and uncles next door to Mrs Carol's house, said to be haunted. Awatea's uncles challenge him to spend a night there, but can he do it? Meantime, they go to stay at the beach, where he meets the Rumbles and their talking parrot, Carrot. Awatea and Carrot go exploring, and Carrot takes Awatea to a hidden tree house, reveals a secret and treasure and teases Awatea's uncles. When Awatea returns home, he realises an uncle has set up Mrs Carol's house to make it seem haunted. So Awatea turns the tables and plays a spooky trick of his own.

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