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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 703 KB
  • Print Length: 404 pages
  • Publisher: RHNZ Children's ebooks (18 Oct. 2013)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00FKE3XUU
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars 12 customer reviews
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #190,389 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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5.0 out of 5 starsCensorship is pointless.
By Amazon Customer on 7 Sept. 2015
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I bought this book for the specific purpose of doing the fingers to the New Zealand File Review & Literature Board and the Family First lobby group. It's a good read too!
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5.0 out of 5 starsCome for the activism, stay because this is a great book
By Rob on 8 Sept. 2015
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I too bought this book because of its being banned without anything like a sensible or transparent process or realistic possibility of appeal in New Zealand.

So far, it's a great book. It's not about sex and drugs, although those things are in there. It's about bullying and damaged people. These are themes that are essential reading for young people (as are sex and drugs, of course) and it's an outrage that Family First NZ have made it more difficult for young people in New Zealand to learn about things that every functioning person needs to know.

Buy it, read it, then leave it in public for someone else to pick up. Make sure your local library has a copy. Hand out a copy in New Zealand, if you get the chance.

But read it first, because it's a great book.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA most memorable and unique book
By Dolores on 5 Oct. 2015
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Ostensibly written for young adult male readers by a teacher ( a background with echoes of The Lord of the Flies) it is so intriguing that this book won awards ad then became banned in New Zealand because of its inclusion of teenage sex and drugs use. To me , what it is really about is the shift in identity of the young protagonist from his Maori background to the world of the whites at the Auckland boarding school to which he has won a scholarship. As his name changes from Te Arepa to Devon (to 'fit in') he gets dragged down deeper and deeper into the murky depths of life at the school that entail what are now called 'wrong lifestyle choices'. There are clear echoes of the powerful opening chapter, where he and his friend do battle with giant eel in the river and nearly get dragged under. It is a foreshadowing of what is to come. This chapter made a particular impact - very impressive. Having recently been on a visit to New Zealand myself, I loved the use of Maori language, and done in away that you could guess the meanings. However I did think the book would have benefited from a glossary of the main Maori words used, Mr Dawe- especially given that your main audience is now going to be outside New Zealand. Life in the boarding school does not always make for comfortable reading, but it is brave to tackle the topic, also covering racism. The book ends on what you would think is a down turn for the protagonist but in reality he is upbeat about events, so it is positive for him. However I gave the book four stars because I thought Te Arepa / Devon was rather remote and insubstantial at times, it was difficult to get inside his head.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsLike most good young adult books it tackles issues from ...
By Chris on 29 Sept. 2015
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The fundamentalists who have had this book banned in New Zealand clearly have no idea of many adolescent boys act, speak or behave; crude, nasty and vindictive though it may be. The book is well worth reading to reveal the pressure put on a boy of Maori origin by the white school system. The 'you are representing your people' concept but also the pressure put on by his family for the same reason when all the boy actually wants to be himself. This is especially hard in an elite boarding school where you have to fit the sysyem. Like most good young adult books it tackles issues from honesty, racism,sexism and bullying behaviour with candour laced with humour.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA decent book!
By Michael Cooper on 16 Sept. 2015
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Good, well paced book, that runs through a range of teenage issues, primarily ( actually semi exclusively ) male, don't really understand why censored ...
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5.0 out of 5 starsA book so good it's been banned in New Zealand
By dafiem@excite.com on 7 Sept. 2015
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A book so good it's been banned in New Zealand.

Buy it, read it, send it to somebody in New Zealand.
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