Strong characters following the light, Luie Townsend

Spark Hunter
Sonya Wilson
The Cuba Press
Pub. 2021

 

 

 

 

August 2, 2022

‘You be careful out there, Nissa girl,’ he said. ‘People far more forest-savvy than you have gotten themselves lost in Fiordland. Some of them for good.’

As soon as I had finished the first chapter of Spark Hunter by Sonya Wilson I knew that this was going to be a good book.

It starts off with Nissa being taken deer hunting with her dad and family friends. However, instead of killing the stag, she scares it away so that it can’t be killed. When her family goes to leave the Fiordland forest they are in, she spots a light, and tries to follow it.  Read more

August, 2022 Melissa Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers: , , , ,

An engrossing adventure through time and whānau, Ruby Bartlett

Amorangi and Millie’s Trip Through Time
Lauren Keenan
2022
Huia Publishers

 

 

 

May 2, 2022

“I wish I could travel back through time”, Mum said, reaching to touch the pounamu she wore around her neck.” POP – she was gone with a flash of light leaving behind her pounamu necklace and a very big mystery!

Lauren Keenan takes us on an amazing time travelling journey in her book Amorangi and Millie’s Trip Through Time. The story follows siblings, brother Amorangi and younger sister Millie as they frantically travel back through time working their way down the branches on their family tree.  Read more

May, 2022 Melissa Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers: , , , , , ,

A supernatural Fiordland adventure, Nell Mace-David


Spark Hunter
Sonya Wilson
The Cuba Press
Pub. 2021

 

 

 

December 03, 2021

“You be careful out there, Nissa girl,” he said. “People far more forest-savvy than you have gotten themselves lost in Fiordland. Some of them for good.”

Nissa Marshall was five when she first saw them. At the time, she was too young to understand what she was seeing. A strange, pulsating, light in the middle of the forest. She called them fairies, not knowing what they really were, of course. Nobody believed her. Not her parents, even though her dad still thinks that there’s moose in Fiordland.  Read more

December, 2021 Tanya Prince Scroll down to see reviews submitted by YA readers: , , , , , , ,
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