Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea
T K Roxborogh
Huia
Pub. 2020
July 13, 2021
Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea is a novel by T K Roxborogh. This was published by Huia in 2020 and is a finalist for the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young People. Roxborogh writes of a young boy, Charlie, who finds a creature from a fairy tale on the shores of his local beach. This discovery changes his view of the world forever and Charlie is finally able to see the world as it truly is, the creation of the gods above, below and around us. Read more
Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea
TK Roxborogh
Huia Publishers
Pub. 2020
18 May, 2021
I chose to read this book because I like action books and ones with mermaids.
This book is about a normal boy called Charlie. Charlie and his brother Robbie live in Taonga Bay. Charlie is a sea cadet and while cleaning the beach one day, they stumble across a mermaid. This mermaid is going to change their lives. My favourite part of the book is when Charlie and Robbie find Po-nuia (the mermaid) on the beach when they find her they need to figure out a way to hide her and figure out how to fix all the many problems they now face. Read more
Bastion Point – 507 days on Takaparawha
Tania Roxborogh
Scholastic
Pub. 2017
03 May, 2021
Tania Roxborogh tells the story of the Bastion Point protest through the eyes of a young girl named Erica. The story is told through her diary entries over the course of late 1976 to mid-1978. Erica and her family are fictional but the events of the protest mentioned are historically accurate and readers looking to gain a full understanding of the protest can find a complete timeline at the end of the book.
Erica began writing her entries to document her progress of training her newly purchased horse named Silver. Read more
