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Hunter
By Cowley, Joy
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39924-227-4
- Publisher
- Philomel Books, 2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2004
Gr 4-8 In 1805, Hunter, a Maori teen who has been enslaved by the leaders of a rival tribe, has a gift "of seeing things that were hidden." He is forced to lead his captors' warriors to one of the last surviving moa. Along with his vision of the bird's location, he sees a "canoe- with wings" and white children in distress, images that tie into the story's alternating plot of three siblings trying to survive a small plane crash on a remote New Zealand beach in 2005. The e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
