Wairarapa College

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  • Orbital

    By Samantha Harvey
    0 stars

  • The Visitor

    By Tony Harmsworth
    4 stars

    A fascinating interpretation of how first-contact with an alien race might occur.

  • American Dirt

    By Jeanine Cummins
    5 stars

    A harrowing story of a mother forced to flee her home and smuggle herself and her son into the USA.

  • The Parihaka Woman

    By Witi Ihimaera
    5 stars

    In a combination of historical fact and fiction, Ihimaera tells the moving and disturbing story of Parihaka.

  • The Turning

    By Tim Winton
    5 stars

    The Turning is a collection of seventeen short stories, all of which are set in the same small, brooding, down-at-heel Australian towns where he also sets most of his novels. Winton's stories describe the rawness and darkness of life in these run-down coastal towns.

  • Ocean Roads

    By James George
    5 stars

    A complex, powerful tale about the lasting legacy of war.

  • The Other Wife

    By Michael Robotham
    4 stars

    An excellent psychological thriller from a master crime writer.

  • Speaking My Language

    By Mike McRoberts
    5 stars

    McRoberts shares his journey to learn Te Reo, a language he had little knowledge of. He shares his struggle and hie is very honest about feeling completely out of his depth.

  • The Girl With Ice In Her Veins

    By Karin Smirnoff
    4 stars

    This is the eighth novel in the Lisbeth Salander series begun by Stieg Larsson. Smirnoff's style is very similar to Larssons, and she brings Salander's quirky character chillingly back to life.

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