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A list of great young adult and middle-grade books from New Zealand authors.
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message 1: by Nomes (new)

Nomes Ooooh ~ I like the idea of having this list. I'll be back :)


message 2: by oliviasbooks (new)

oliviasbooks Maybe I'll find the book I'd liked as a kid. Keep on adding.


message 3: by Catherine (new)

Catherine oliviasbooks wrote: "Maybe I'll find the book I'd liked as a kid. Keep on adding."

Can you describe it? Maybe we can help you find it.


message 4: by oliviasbooks (last edited Dec 27, 2010 01:37AM) (new)

oliviasbooks The German edition had a girl riding a grey horse on it. The heroine came to live on a sheep farm (with relatives, I think), where they also breed horses. She had to go to school by horse riding down a steep mountain. She defies a cattle thief, fetches help in a storm, learns to shave the sheep and watches a group of Maori cook/barbecue something in an underground oven at the beach.
That was my first "touch" with the existence of "New Zealand".


message 5: by oliviasbooks (new)

oliviasbooks I googled a bit and it might be Hilda at School, but I do not remember much school-related plot. So, I am unsure.


message 6: by Albie46 (last edited Dec 27, 2010 02:06AM) (new)

Albie46 Oh I love horses, but I was a bit late to the horse thing so the only horsie book I read as a child was Bow Down Shadrach by Joy Cowley

(not the right cover)
and I think the teacher actually read it to us, rather than me actually reading it myself!


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