Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father, Big Eddie, when his truck crashed into a river. Everyone called it an accident, but Benji knows it was more. Even years later, he's buried in his grief, throwing himself into managing Big Eddie's convenience store in the small-town of Roseland, Or
Into the River
β Scribed by Ted Dawe
- Publisher
- Random House New Zealand;Longacre
- Year
- 2013;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 177 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1775536041
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β¦ Synopsis
"When Te Arepa Santos is dragged into the river by a giant eel, something happens that will change the course of his whole life. The boy who struggles to the bank is not the same one who plunged in, moments earlier. He has brushed against the spirit world, and there is a price to be paid; an utu to be exacted. Years later, far from the protection of whanau and ancestral land he finds new enemies. This time, with no-one to save him, there is a decision to be made. he can wait on the bank, or leap forward into the river"--Publisher information.
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