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Be Counted: The Diary of Amy Phelps, Dunedin 1893 (My New Zealand Story) by Janine McVeagh
18.50 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
Amy's father has fallen into the clutches of the 'demon drink' and, once a skilled jeweller, he is now an odd-job man who goes missing for days when he's 'on the booze'. The family is barely managing with mother's hard work. Aunt Delia and Uncle Joshua have offered 13-year-old Amy a chance at an educati ...Show more
Earthquake! Diary of Katie Bourke, Napier 1930-31 (My New Zealand Story) by Janine McVeagh
17.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story | Reading Level: 10+
A story of daily life in the Depression years, culminating in the Napier earthquake. Napier in the 1930s was a time of going without. The story starts on the 25th of June, 1930 – a sad day in the Bourke household – the funeral of Katie’s father. This Catholic family must now survive with earnings from t ...Show more
Grandad's Guitar by Janine McVeagh
25.00 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Kahu inherits his grandad's battered old guitar and wants to know why he can't have a nice new one. Then his nana tells him about the adventures the guitar's been on all over the world: travelling with bandits in Afghanistan, playing on beaches in Greece and entertaining monkeys in India. Everywhere the ...Show more
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