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State Ward (1994)

by Alan Duff

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Charlie Wilson, the 'state house boy' from Two Lakes, is sent to Riverton Boys' Home as a state ward 'until such time as you are seen fit to return to society'.The door in the cell block isn't the only thing that Charlie finds is for real - there's also the name 'George' scrawled on the walls and, by it, the word 'kehua' or ghost . . . A novella drawn from Alan Duff's own memories of his time spent in a boys' home. Those years of Alan's life will be described in his forthcoming autobiography, making this fictional account particularly interesting.… (more)
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To the rare few who understood when I was a state ward. And to my father, as always.
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Charlie Wilson, the 'state house boy' from Two Lakes, is sent to Riverton Boys' Home as a state ward 'until such time as you are seen fit to return to society'.The door in the cell block isn't the only thing that Charlie finds is for real - there's also the name 'George' scrawled on the walls and, by it, the word 'kehua' or ghost . . . A novella drawn from Alan Duff's own memories of his time spent in a boys' home. Those years of Alan's life will be described in his forthcoming autobiography, making this fictional account particularly interesting.

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