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A definitely different summer / Elizabeth Pulford ; illustrated by Mike Codling.

Nā: Kaituhi: Momo rauemi: TextTextKaiwhakaputa: Auckland, New Zealand : David Bateman Ltd, 2021Whakaahuatanga: 138 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781988538983
Ngā marau: Genre/Form: Summary: "When Kathleen 'Cricket' O'Donnell and her parents head to uninhabited Jacob's Island for the entire summer holidays, Cricket fears she is going to be bored out of her mind. No other kids mean no one to play with... and limited power means no technology! Instead, the trip turns out to be far from boring when Cricket discovers a tragic shipwreck tale behind the naming of the island. Then. some really spooky things start happening..."--Back cover.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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Based on a real shipwreck, the steamer SS Tararua, which claimed the lives of 131 people when it was wrecked near Waipapa Point, Southland, 30th April, 1881.

"When Kathleen 'Cricket' O'Donnell and her parents head to uninhabited Jacob's Island for the entire summer holidays, Cricket fears she is going to be bored out of her mind. No other kids mean no one to play with... and limited power means no technology! Instead, the trip turns out to be far from boring when Cricket discovers a tragic shipwreck tale behind the naming of the island. Then. some really spooky things start happening..."--Back cover.

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