Waitaki Girls' High School

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327 pages
New Zealand author
Summary: A contemporary story of loss, grief and domestic violence, but also of hope. Brothers, teenage Taukiri and 8 year-old Arama are left orphaned by the gang violence that killed their father and sent their mother into hiding. Taukiri feels shame at dropping off his baby brother to live with their aunt and uncle, in another violent home. Ari finds comfort in the company of his headstrong cousin Beth, her dog, and boxes of plasters that he uses to ease the pain he feels

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