| Edition |
First hardcover edition. |
| Description |
270 pages ; 23 cm |
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age Children |
| Summary |
When Te Arepa Santos is dragged into the river by a giant eel, something happens that will change the course of his whole life. The boy who struggles to the bank is not the same one who plunged in, moments earlier. He has brushed against the spirit world, and there is a price to be paid; an utu to be exacted. Years later, far from the protection of whanau and ancestral land he finds new enemies. This time, with no-one to save him, there is a decision to be made ... he can wait on the bank, or leap forward into the river. |
| Note |
Originally published by Randon House New Zealand Ltd in 2014. |
| Awards |
New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, Best Young Adult Fiction, 2013 |
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New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, 2013 |
| Subject |
Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction.
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Boarding schools. |
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Māori (New Zealand people) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Māori (New Zealand people) |
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Ethnicity -- Juvenile fiction.
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Ethnicity. |
| Genre/Form |
Young adult works.
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Bildungsromans.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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| Other Editions: |
Reproduction of (manifestation): Dawe, Ted. Into the river. [Auckland, N.Z.] : M.U.P., [©2012] 9780473205089 |
| ISBN |
9781943818198 |
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1943818193 |
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9781943818204 (eISBN) |
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