A deep and detailed story of pain and success, Brooke Gearey

Impossible: My Story (Young Reader’s Edition)
Stan Walker
HarperCollins
Pub. 2020 (new edition 2022)

May 17, 2022

“Our kitchen cupboards never have enough in them. My chances in life are not pointing in the direction of any hope at all. But I am the impossible made possible.”

The book Impossible by Stan Walker will definitely give you goosebumps. This story is about Stan, a famous New Zealand singer who won Australian Idol. But not a lot of people have understood how Stan’s past stretched him to be his absolute best. This story goes back to his past and of course looks to his future, while explaining how he got to where he is today. Read more

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A moving and honest story of sadness and success, Finley Rowe

Impossible: My Story (Young Reader’s Edition)
Stan Walker
HarperCollins
Pub. 2020 (new edition 2022)

May 6, 2022

Stan Walker is one of Aotearoa’s best singers, but nothing has ever come easy for him. His autobiography tells an amazing rags-to-riches story, in which he describes some sadness and trauma, but also happy and fun times with his family.

His childhood was filled with violence and drugs – things that no child should have to experience. His parents had been in jail multiple times and he would often run away to his grandparents’ house. But in this book I am amazed at his forgiveness towards his family. Read more

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