IN OUR OWN BACK YARD by Anne Kayes (Bateman)įorty years ago, sport and politics collided as the 1981 Springbok tour divided the nation. After combining tertiary teaching and writing for many years, Anne now divides her time between writing and author visits to schools. In 2021, Anne published her first Young Adult novel, In Our Own Back Yard, (Bateman Publishing). THE OTHER SISTER by Philippa Werry (Pipi Press)Ī heartwarming sequel to The Telegram, covering the grim reality facing nurses working in rehab – think amputee and blind soldiers – and in pandemic recovery, through the eyes of Beaty’s younger sister, Tilly T Street Legends (Wildling Books) is the third T Street book, which can all be read as standalone stories. But is their local source friend or foe? The winner of this year’s PM’s award for fiction creates believable, historically accurate characters that speak to today’s teens. In Our Own Back Yard, by Anne Kayes Kayes, an award-winning author of two chapter books for 8 to 12-year-olds, has achieved something special with this, her first YA novel. Kiwi signaller Frank, his buddy Wally and Aussie Les set up a cliff top vantage point looking across at Bougainville. Their paths will cross again – but meanwhile, where is all Father’s money really coming from? Secrets, lies and scandal follow Cornish migrants arriving in early Napier, while their Norwegian shipmates travel further south to fell the bush and set up camp. She will find love, but not where she expects it. In the late 19th century, motherless Molly Conway, determined to discover her true calling, trudges through a smoky, still-smouldering Wairarapa in search of French nun Suzanne Aubert’s community up the Whanganui River.
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