Nine Girls
A brand new mystery for 9-12 year olds
Published on 4. April 2024
288 pages
978-0-241-68525-9 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the two main children's book awards in Aotearoa New Zealand: the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award and the Storylines Notable Junior Fiction Award 2024.
They dug a hole right there on our farm on the bank of the Mangawara and they put the box filled with gold inside it and covered it with dirt. And to keep the gold safe until they could return one of them placed a tapu on it. A tapu so that anyone who tried to touch the gold before they could come back for it would die.
Titch is determined to find the gold hidden somewhere on her family's farm. It might be tapu but that won't put her off.
Her dad has gone bankrupt, and she has had to leave her home in the city and move back with her family to smalltown Ngaruawahia, start a new school and find new friends. Could the hidden gold be the way to fix her family's money problems?
Titch, her cousins and new friend Tania set out to find the gold. But an unexpected encounter with a creature from the nearby river sees Titch learn about her own Maori heritage and the dangers of messing with tapu.
A fascinating insight into Maori legend and culture, Nine Girls is a page-turning adventure that shows what it's like to feel like an outsider in our own world.
They dug a hole right there on our farm on the bank of the Mangawara and they put the box filled with gold inside it and covered it with dirt. And to keep the gold safe until they could return one of them placed a tapu on it. A tapu so that anyone who tried to touch the gold before they could come back for it would die.
Titch is determined to find the gold hidden somewhere on her family's farm. It might be tapu but that won't put her off.
Her dad has gone bankrupt, and she has had to leave her home in the city and move back with her family to smalltown Ngaruawahia, start a new school and find new friends. Could the hidden gold be the way to fix her family's money problems?
Titch, her cousins and new friend Tania set out to find the gold. But an unexpected encounter with a creature from the nearby river sees Titch learn about her own Maori heritage and the dangers of messing with tapu.
A fascinating insight into Maori legend and culture, Nine Girls is a page-turning adventure that shows what it's like to feel like an outsider in our own world.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Edition type
New edition
File size
11,68 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-241-68525-9 (9780241685259)
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Stacy Gregg (Ngati Mahuta/Ngati Pukeko/Ngati Maru) is an award-winning, bestselling New Zealand writer. She grew up in Ngaruawahia and her essay about the town, The Maoris From The Town Side of the River won the Voyager national journalism award in 2023.
Stacy has written over thirty novels. Her Pony Club Secrets series has sold over 1.5 million copies globally and was adapted into the CBBC TV series Mystic.
Stacy has written over thirty novels. Her Pony Club Secrets series has sold over 1.5 million copies globally and was adapted into the CBBC TV series Mystic.
