Night Race to Kawau
by Tessa Duder
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One day Sam's father says he has entered the night race to Kawau Island. But Terry, the other crew member, fails to turn up for the race and then as the sun sets and the weather worsens, Sam's father is knocked unconscious. So Sam, her sister and her mother are left to sail the boat alone.Tags
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Tessa Duder, one of New Zealand's most honored children's writers, was the president of the New Zealand Society of Authors. She taught a course in children's writing at the Wanaka Autumn Art School and has done much to benefit artists' rights. She has received Esther Glen Awards for Alex, Alex in Winter and Alessandra: Alex in Rome. She also won show more an AIM Children's Book Award for Senior Fiction for Songs for Alex. She will be featured at the annual Storylines Festival of New Zealand Children's Writers and Illustrators 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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