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Earthquake!: Napier, 1930-31

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Earthquake!: Napier, 1930-31
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Janine McVeagh
SeriesMy New Zealand Story
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 128
ISBN/Barcode 9781775430155
ClassificationsDewey:823.2
Audience
Children's (6-12)

Publishing Details

Publisher Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Imprint Scholastic New Zealand
Publication Date 24 January 2011
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Napier in the 1930s was a time of going without. The story starts on the 25th of June, 1930 - a sad day in the Bourke household - the funeral of Katie's father. This Catholic family must now survive with earnings from the older siblings and the washing Katie's mother takes in. When older brother Tom returns home, after a long absence, it is a help - but with him come other troubles. Katie records the events in the old diary her father used to keep. It is her way of speaking to her dad. Then, in February 1931, disaster strikes the small town ...an earthquake that destroys the school and much of the town centre.

Author Biography

No stranger to the diary format, Janine also wrote Be Counted for the My Story series, which dealt with women's suffrage at the time New Zealand became the first country in the world to allow women to vote.