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Winner of the Margaret Mahy Award"Some rivers should not be swum in. Some rivers hold secrets that can never be told."Te Arepa is an adventurous Maori boy, bound to the history, customs and rituals of his people. Yet when he comes upon a giant eel while fishing, he is convinced the creature is a taniwha, or water demon, and follows it. Yet what Te Arepa finds in the river is far different, far more sinister. And it will change his life forever...

Dawes' award-winning and highly controversial novel--the first book banned in New Zealand in over 20 years--is about a young Maori man who leaves behind his ancestral tribe to accept a scholarship at a prestigious school, where he finds that in order to fit in he may lose himself in the process.

From the Award-winning author of INTO THE RIVER comes a riveting and action-packed novel that asks one question: Which street racer really controls the strip?'Thunder Road' - You find it in any city after the cops are in bed. It's where street racers go to test their machines - and their nerve. For Devon Santos and Trace it's the steep rising pitch of the turbo, the screaming tires and curtain of white smoke hanging behind them: everything tha...

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