Awatea and the Kawa Gang

Description

It's the holidays, and Awatea is staying with his grandparents at the beach. He's got lots of time and freedom to explore, visit the tree house and have adventures with Carrot, the talking parrot. Awatea catches fish, cooks over a campfire and spends a stormy night in the tree house with Carrot for company. When fending off some territorial magpies and keeping an eye on a pair of leopard seals, Awatea and Carrot notice signs of poachers. So Awatea and his friends at the beach work out a plan to stop them.

Fraser Smith is principal of Oturu School in Kaitaia and has taught in primary schools for over thirty years. He has always lived in relatively remote rural areas near the sea and the bush and, at times, has been almost completely self-sufficient. As well as writing, Fraser is a keen fisherman, sailor and gardener. He also writes songs and is lead singer in a band.

Poet Sam Hunt commented, `The only bad thing about Awatea and the Kawa Gang was when I finished reading it.'