It's the holidays, and Awatea is staying with his grandparents at the beach. He's got lots of time and freedom to explore, visit the tree house and have adventures with Carrot, the talking parrot. Awatea catches fish, cooks over a campfire and spends a stormy night in the tree house with Carrot for company. When fending off some territorial magpies and keeping an eye on a pair of leopard seals, Awatea and Carrot notice signs of poachers. So Awatea and his friends at the beach work out a plan to stop them.
It's the holidays, and Awatea is staying with his grandparents at the beach. He's got lots of time and freedom to explore, visit the tree house and have adventures with Carrot, the talking parrot. Awatea catches fish, cooks over a campfire and spends a stormy night in the tree house with Carrot for company. When fending off some territorial magpies and keeping an eye on a pair of leopard seals, Awatea and Carrot notice signs of poachers. So Awatea and his friends at the beach work out a plan to stop them.
This is the sequel to Awatea's Treasure, and it has new adventures
with Awatea and Carrot, the endearing parrot.
The book grew from stories Fraser told his students in the
classroom and around the fire on school camps. It has suspense,
humour and lively characters. It immerses readers in Awatea's world
in the bush and at the beach and his close friendship with
Carrot.
This book is great to read aloud, and it is particularly engaging
for boys, reluctant readers and children reading junior fiction. It
is intended for children seven to eleven years old.
Fraser was a guest author on the Storylines Story Tour in 2018, was
interviewed on RNZ National and will be performing at the Auckland
Writers' Festival in May 2019.
Awatea's Treasure was a finalist for the Best First Book Award at
the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2017 and
was selected as a Storylines Notable Book 2018.
Fraser Smith is principal of Oturu School in Kaitaia and has taught in primary schools for over thirty years. He has always lived in relatively remote rural areas near the sea and the bush and, at times, has been almost completely self-sufficient. As well as writing, Fraser is a keen fisherman, sailor and gardener. He also writes songs and is lead singer in a band.
Poet Sam Hunt commented, `The only bad thing about Awatea and the Kawa Gang was when I finished reading it.'
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