An Unexpected Hero
by L P Hansen
What could be
worse, Matt Turner wonders, than having to leave your parents,
friends and the buzz of big city life for a remote rural school that’s so small
it only has two classrooms, and two teachers who are married to each other?
The
twelve-year old soon finds out that worse things can happen.
A school project plunges him into his worst nightmare - he has to
make a speech in public. Matt decides to speak about New Zealand’s First
World War pacifist, Archibald Baxter. But is that a good idea in a district
where almost every family has lost someone to war?
Comprehensive
Teachers’ Resource Kit available
which covers Levels 3 and 4 of The New Zealand Curriculum. Free download from www.createbooks.co.nz – also available
to parents.
DAVID HILL: author of ‘My Brother’s War’, winner of both the Junior
Fiction and the Children’s Choice Junior Fiction: NZ Post Awards, 2013:.
‘Linda Hansen’s novel, An Unexpected Hero,
is a mischievous, affectionate story of a very likeable, very credible young
boy, who startles everyone, including himself, by what he proves himself able
to do. There’s tension, trouble and triumph, all authentically rendered. Young
readers will know people just like Matt, will recognise his world and his
problems, and will delight in the success of this genuinely unlikely
hero.’
RUTH PAUL: author/illustrator of The
King’s Bubbles, winner of the NZ Post Children’s Choice picture book
award, 2008.
‘Linda Hansen cleverly exposes a
hidden tale of wartime New Zealand within a gripping contemporary story. Great
reading!’
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