Reading Crusader: David Hewett
Position: Prop
Likes to read: Most books
Favourite Book: Earth’s Children series, by Jean Auel
Favourite Types of Books:
- Thrillers
- Detective stories
- Sports or other biographies
- Other sports books
Magazines, newspapers: The Press, NZ Rugby; Franchise magazine
If David’s books sound like your sort of books, try these:
Younger Fiction
Lasky, Kathryn
First painter
Mishoo, Dream Catcher of the Clan, attempts to catch the spirit of the animals by painting them on stone
Scieszka, Jon
Your mother was a Neanderthal
The Time Warp Trio find themselves back in the prehistoric world of mammoth-hunters where you’re allowed to draw on the walls of your home.
Whybrow, Ian
Little Wolf, forest detective
Little Wolf decides to try his hand at the detective game, and enlists the help of his friends Stubbs Crowe, Smellybreff and Normis Bear.
Older Fiction
Ashley, Bernard
Revenge house
Revenge House begins to reveal its murky secrets and Sophia and her mum find themselves sucked into a brutal criminal underworld that will eventually threaten their lives.
Brennan, J. H.
Shiva: an adventure of the ice age
An ice-age orphan girl gets caught up in a fight between her tribe and a strange race of not-quite people.
Gatti, Will
Abe’s team
Abe and the headmistress don’t see eye to eye, and when Abe discovers her secret from the past, he finds himself on the run with eleven wrinkly footballers with the hearts and minds of twelve-year-old boys.
Gliori, Deb
Pure dead wicked
One disadvantage of living in a 600-year-old castle is the need for regular and expensive repairs. It’s even worse when an unscrupulous property developer decides to speed up the disintegrating process. But then he’s never met the Strega-Borgia family and their pets.
Kemp, Gene
Snaggletooth’s mystery, or, The alternative cricklepit story
Life at Cricklepit School continues - vandalism, missing exam papers, cholera epidemics… and ghosts!
Korman, Gordon
Everest. Book one: the contest
The height of danger. The height of competition. The height of the world. Who will be the youngest person ever to climb Mount Everest?
Non Fiction
Conrad, Hy
Whodunit crime puzzles
Figure out all kinds of dastardly whodunnits with the help of Sherman Holmes.
Morris, Neil
Mega book of aircraft: Internet linked
Be amazed by a closer look at the most powerful and fascinating aircraft of all time.
Whitley, Gillian
The big game
Follows the story of Brett as he takes his first steps towards becoming an All Black by learning the rules and skills of rugby.
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