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103,256 pages read and 12,696 team points

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Birman Wood

By Eleanor Cattan

5 stars

Didn’t like the first few chapters but the challenge meant I read on and liked it
Bella my life in food

By Annabel Langbein

3 stars

Liked the recipes best
Aotearoa psalms

By Joy Cowley

5 stars

You think greedy cat is great? Then read these profound psalms where joy finds god in the everyday world
The Grimmelings

By Rachael King

4 stars

I think the readers who love horses and a little bit of fantasy will lap this up
Stroppy Old Women

By Various

5 stars

I laughed. I cried with laughter. I see myself becoming a stroppy old woman!
Māori at home

By Scotty and Stacey morrison

5 stars

Read and used this in preparation for the Wananga course I am embarking on. Will get the whole family using this book!
Red Rocks

By Rachael King

4 stars

A boy discovers a seal skin and the ancient story of seals taking human form. A story of standing up to bullies also weaved into the story. Good read to for year 4/5
The Tomo

By Mary-Anne Scott

5 stars

This is a lovely story about a boy and his dog. I can imagine the farm and terrain he is on so clearly relatable to a kiwi reader.
Iris and Me

By Philippe Werry

4 stars

Another war story but with a woman as central character
Learning to love blue

By Sarah’s koirala

4 stars

Girl leaves home to find love and music in australia. Great tween teD
The Telegram

By Philippe Werry

5 stars

A lovely read about a kiwi girl in world war 1 nz
Rain Fall

By Ella West

4 stars

First boyfriend. Horse riding. Mystery solving. A lovely tween read.
The Porangi Boy

By Shilo Kino

3 stars

Does this story perpetuate the myth around how Māori whanaus operate? Does the ill informed attitudes of the white teacher resonate with people rather than upset? A story based on his truth but none this less disturbing about how it fits in to our world.
Rainbow Warrior

By SharonHolt

5 stars

This book would be an excellent book to read to students. For those growing up in the eighties there is a great nod to all the things we remember from Torville and Dean to Band aid. This is a good look at New Zealand at the time and the events up to the bombing of the Rainbow warrior. This will be a great addition for those looking at the local histories curriculum.
Return to blood

By Michael Bennett

5 stars

Next in series. Can see this being turned into a great tv series. If you like detective and whodunnit programmes this is for you.
Mission Girl

By Fleur Beale

3 stars

Think this has probably been superseded by newer books around stories of the treaty.
I kissed Shara Wheeler

By Casey McQuiston

3 stars

Tween rainbow read. Similar to John Green stories I read
Nga kupu wero

By With Ihimaera

5 stars

This collection of non fiction writing by contemporary Māori writers blew me away. It put a fantastic lens on lots of stuff such as the mosque attacks and global warming that gave me lots of ah ha moments. I will be keeping this on the shelf and revisiting it. I also have lots of questions for my Māori friends provoked by what I read.
Hand me down world

By Lloyd Jones

3 stars

A reflection of where he did his residency in Berlin. A bit disjointed in places
Tumbledown manor

By Helen Brown

5 stars

A lovely story about a writer returning home and find inspiration in an old rundown house.
Lioness

By Emily Perkins

4 stars

Mid life crisis. Set in Wellington
Life in lashes

By Kita Mean

4 stars

A light read of the anecdotes of a kiwi drag star
Chappy

By Patricia Grace

3 stars

A look at family life in the 40s
The mess we made

By Megan oneill

4 stars

A slow build into a life long story
The calling

By Fleur Beale

5 stars

A search for gods call and book at history on the way. Lovely story
The jacaranda house

By Deborah challinor

5 stars

1960s life in Kings cross Sydney with a family twist. A good read!
Half my life

By Diana Noonan

5 stars

Teenage finding herself when she gets to go from NZ to Greece with her family
Better the blood

By Michael Bennett

5 stars

A good NZ contemporary story. Worth a read.
Caged

By Susan Brocker

5 stars

A great story for teens about doing the right thing. Deals with homelessness and dog farming. Great to show parents can be heroes also
Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac

By Gabrielle Zevin

4 stars

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you lost your memory? This book is a teen story that explores this.
From the cutting room of Barney Kettle

By Kate DeGoldi

5 stars

A lovely read of simple times on a high street. Can see young teens relating.
Take me with you when you go

By David Levithan and Jennifer Niven

5 stars

This is an excellent tween read looking at escaping from the trauma of domestic abuse. It is a good perspective and the email letters between characters make it very readable
Wrens under the radar

By Colleen Shipley

5 stars

Easy read interesting history
The final revival of opal and nev

By Dannie walton

2 stars

Found the interview format hard to read but well written.
Rich people problems

By Kevin kwan

4 stars

If you know Singapore you will enjoy this one. By the same author S crazy rich asians

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