Holiday Reading 2001

New Zealand Fiction for Young Adults

Beckett, Bernard Jolt
Marko surfaces from a drug induced haze to find himself hidden from the world in a psychiatric ward. He is certain the "Doctor" means to kill him, and he in turn has vengeful plans of his own. But how is it he came to stop taking his medication? Who can Marko trust and how much time does he have? Time enough to write it all down, his story of a coast-to-coast trip, and the earthquake that ripped his world apart.
Catran, Ken Road Kill
A title in the Crime waves series.
Catran, Ken Taken at the flood
A tsunami hits New Zealand.
Catran, Ken The tribe, Mall rats
Based on the popular television series about a future world where teenagers rule.
Catran, Wendy Not raining today
Tibet seen through the eyes of two Tibetan nuns as they try to escape across the mountains into Nepal.
Chadwick, Dave Shaking
Ian, Marko, Andrew and Terry are the boys in the band, preparing for the rock quest in just four weeks' time. When Marko brings Rachel along to try out as singer, everything changes.
Duder, Tessa Tiggie Tompson, all at sea
The lives of a modern day young actress and the character she is to portray in a 19th century television drama, are about to collide.
Fifty short stories by young New Zealanders
edited by Graeme Lay.
Hill, David The high wind blows
Adam Cade, astronomy enthusiast, wins a chance to watch the launch of a satellite that will study the solar wind. At Mt Dauntless Launch Station he hears about a terrorist group that believes space exploration is bad. Adam is soon involved in a struggle that leads all the way to the Kennedy Space Centre.
Hill, David The name of the game
Rugby-playing Alan Randall and his mates think the South African rugby team should tour New Zealand. Donna Ostler and her friends think not. They want to stop the tour, by marches, protests, even by invading the grounds.
Lay, Graeme Return to One Foot Island
Tuaine returns to the Cook Islands after a disastrous term at an Auckland school and takes great comfort in sailing to One Foot Island. Then she meets Adam, sailing around the world with his parents. Their friendship deepens and One Foot Island becomes their miniature paradise. But will it last?
Maybury, Ged I am leather-man
Jake is fed up with his wealthy parent's divorce, and having to leave his home and his school when their house is sold. They're so busy with their own lives they don't realise he's slipping out of the arrangements they've made for him, and is living alone in his mother's new house.
O'Brien, Bill Unmasked
A title in the Crime waves series.
Orwin, Joanna Owl
Owl and Tama are from very different backgrounds and are set for a stand off. Then Owl's discovery of some Māori cave drawings unleashes a disturbing malevolence from the past.
Todd, Penelope Peri
A move to a new town throws Peri's whole family into a spin, and then Peri meets Max.

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