Hunter
Gr. 5-8. Is there such a thing as an ancestor guardian angel? Cowley plays with the question in this survival adventure about Hunter, a runaway Maori slave in New Zealand in 1805, and Jordan, a mixed-race teenager in 2005 who wants to explore her Maori ancestry--even though her parents couldn't care less about "that genealogy stuff." After the plane Jordan and her two younger brothers are on crashes on a wild shore, Hunter risks being caught to save her. Jordan feels Hunter's presence like a voice in her head as he guides her to food and shelter. Is he her ancestor? The contemporary story is livelier than the mystical contrivance, and Hunter is too reverential. But New Zealand writer Cowley, who is researching her own Maori roots, weaves in fascinating history, and the two survival adventures are told in tense alternating narratives that add to the compelling rescue drama.Hazel RochmanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.