Recycled
Author(s): Sandy McKay
During a year an average family will probably throw away 1.5 tonnes of rubbish - the equivalent of half the weight of an elephant.Colin takes his recycling school project to heart and tries to convert his own family first, with great difficulty, before he tries to save the world. He becomes a self-appointed eco-warrior and comes up against his sister, who delivers junk mail, his mother, who sells real estate and hang-glides for de-stressing and his father who spends a lot of time in the garage. Colin becomes involved with the Roseview Rubbish Rescue Centre and the character who runs it. They along with others, organize a campaign to protest selling off the centre for development. This book was the Junior Fiction winner in the 2002 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards.
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Winner of New Zealand Post Children's Book Award: Junior Fiction 2002.
Born in 1959 in Dunedin. McKay knew she wanted to write, but chose instead to try her hand at fruit picking, waitressing, and various office jobs. After attending University of Otago McKay opened a fruit shop, which she ran until 1987 when she became a free-lance writer, writing features for Next, More and the NZWW. She also writes a regular humorous column for Kiwi Parent Magazine. After the birth of her daughter Meg, McKay decided to write a junior novel, Recycled was published in 2001 and won the Junior Fiction category in the 2002 NZ Post Children's Book Awards. My Dad, the All Black and Becky's Big Race were published in 2002. McKay continues to live in Dunedin where she is a free-lance writer and a mother.
General Fields
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- : Longacre Press
- : Longacre Press
- : 0.138
- : 01 April 2001
- : 197mm X 130mm
- : New Zealand
- : books
Special Fields
- : Sandy McKay
- : Paperback
- : Jenny Packer
- : 823
- : 8-12
- : 132
- : b&w illustrations
