Young Adult

The Pōrangi Boy

Shilo Kino


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WINNER,Young Adult Fiction Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult, 2021

Twelve-year-old Niko lives in Pohe Bay, a small, rural town with a sacred hot spring – and a taniwha named Taukere. The government wants to build a prison over the home of the taniwha, and Niko’s grandfather is busy protesting. People call him pōrangi, crazy, but when he dies, it’s up to Niko to convince his community that the taniwha is real and stop the prison from being built. With help from his friend Wai, Niko must unite his whānau, honour his grandfather and stand up to his childhood bully.

Genre

Young Adult

Pages

260

Language

English

Publication Date

October 23, 2020

Dimensions

138 x 210 mm

ISBN (Soft Cover)

9781775503996

ISBN (E-Book)

9781775505006

"Shilo gives you a snapshot of life in Aotearoa, with the gritty reality but also some humour and great characters that you route for. "

Zac McCallum, My Best Friends are Books

"Where this book shines the brightest is in Shilo Kino’s uncontestable genius for crafting believable, authentic voices that are thoroughly rooted in this place, these times. You feel the shapes of the words in your mouth, hear the resonance they leave in your ears – and the resonance of these words and this book is clear and long-lasting."

Judges comments from Young Adult Fiction Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adult, 2021

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