Ride of the katipo
By: Stu Duval
Series: Nitty gritty novels. Series II; Nitty gritty novels
Publisher: Pearson Education
Published: 2007
Place of publication: North Shore, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781869705961
Subjects: Bullying; Juvenile fiction; Missing persons; Fiction; Mystery and detective stories
Description: At school, Jack lives in the shadows, trying to avoid the bullies who make his life a misery. He likes to escape to the seclusion of Wetapunga Bay, but his sense of secure refuge is shattered one morning when he finds two bodies on the beach. Through his quest to solve the mystery of the bodies, Jack discovers that all is not as it seems at Wetapunga Bay. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.
Notes: Novel for children.