Title: Ride of the katipo
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.
Subjects: Bullying, Juvenile fiction, Missing persons, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories